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Re:When you split the brain, do you split the person? by mfoy_ on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @09:55AM (#15392414)
I am not my neurons, my neurons are not me, but my identity is driven by those neurons.

Exactly... a non-mystery. But a great example of "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts".

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Re:When you split the brain, do you split the person? by booleandilemma on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:06AM (#15392491)
I think Daniel Dennett said it best: Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.
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