Can two people share a mind?

[glikegrandpa]

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This article from the NYT describes conjoined twins with a "thalamic bridge" that allows one girl to feel what the other one does:

"The results of the test did not surprise the family, who had long suspected that even when one girl’s vision was angled away from the television, she was laughing at the images flashing in front of her sister’s eyes. The sensory exchange, they believe, extends to the girls’ taste buds: Krista likes ketchup, and Tatiana does not, something the family discovered when Tatiana tried to scrape the condiment off her own tongue, even when she was not eating it."

A long read, but totally worth it!

 

[bdvz]

Interesting article, thanks for posting it 😀

 

[muhali3]

so does this only include sensory experience? or are they basically one person in two bodies?

 

[Buttermellow]

I read this the other day. So cool!

 

[raltima07]

Whoaa....

 

[ozzi22]

good post 👍

 

[deleted393595]

😵

 

[Wile]

Wow, amazing!

 

[glikegrandpa]

From the way the article makes it sound, I think they're two separate people capable of separate thoughts and actions, but they just have a lot of overlap with each other's sensory (and whatever else) experiences. Totally mind-blowing.

so does this only include sensory experience? or are they basically one person in two bodies?

 

[zeppelinpage4]

Very glad I was able to read this, thanks for posting.

 

[kansaskid]

glikegrandpa, I think you and I share the same mind; I was just going to post this!

 

[Morzh]

Verrrry interesting. Too bad their parents are kinda losers.

 

[Geekchick921]

Verrrry interesting. Too bad their parents are kinda losers.

+1 You noticed that too, huh?

 

[NeuralNetwork]

Despite the fact that they probably consider themselves unique individuals, I see a future potential for them to eventually have a much looser definition of their conscious experience. I think they one day might decide that "they" are actually "I"..if not for real, at least for April fools to mess with their parents 😛

 

[Entadus]

Verrrry interesting. Too bad their parents are kinda losers.

What? really ?................

😕 get a clue.... where's the humility? and the non-judgement...?
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[Morzh]

What? really ?................

😕 get a clue.... where's the humility? and the non-judgement...?
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Did you read page 2?

They can do whatever they with their lives, so long as they don't procreate. But once they start bringing kids into their broken alcoholic, drug addict, can't-take-care-of-them-ourselves-so-grandma-has-to world, then yes, I'll have a little judgment for them.

Those girls (and their siblings) deserve better.

 

[TheRach1025]

The real question is are they the Borg and will they be assimilating us anytime soon? Resistance is futile so I'm game.

Getting through med school will be so much easier as a 6 billion strong hive mind.