Science Person's conscious when splitted in two
|
|
 Jul 14 2010, 09:42 PM, updated 16y ago
Return to original view | Post
#1
|
 
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O  
|
I've been wondering this for years.
If you cut a person clean in half, vertically, fast enough, which side would he still be conscious from before the brain processes the cut? This post has been edited by Alone: Jul 16 2010, 12:05 AM |
|
|
|
|
|
Jul 16 2010, 12:03 AM
Return to original view | Post
#2
|
|
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O
|
QUOTE(VMSmith @ Jul 15 2010, 04:49 PM) Having no medical background whatsoever, I'd go with faceless. He'd mercifully be conscious for only a split second though (I hope!). yes, that split second is my point. which part of him for that split second will he be conscious from? as for Compos, please explain why the consciousness will vanish straight away. |
|
|
Jul 17 2010, 10:38 PM
Return to original view | Post
#3
|
|
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O
|
QUOTE(Eventless @ Jul 17 2010, 06:56 PM) If you asking whether it is possible for a person's brain work as 2 separate consciousness, then the answer would be yes-Split Brain. Just cut off the bridge between the 2 halves of the brain, no need to split the entire person. wow.. nice info.. but not what I was looking for.. but could be in the right direction of the answer i'm looking forand that also includes most of the people that replied here, most don't really understand the point of my question. maybe if you try to picture it as yourself. you're cut right down the middle, and your left body is thrown at the left side, while your right side of your body is thrown to the right, all within a split second. so before you die in that split second, which side would you be conscious from? there has to be ONE side that you're looking from/feeling from/conscious from/thinking from. |
|
|
Jul 18 2010, 10:02 PM
Return to original view | Post
#4
|
|
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O
|
QUOTE(VMSmith @ Jul 18 2010, 02:24 AM) I get what you mean now. i didn't know brains can regenerate.. is this true? even if it's true, i doubt the person would still be alive... but if the person isn't alive, then it'd be impossible to regenerate... so...Unfortunately, I don't think there will be an answer until someone personally does it to tell us. there's a thought experiment which is VERY similar, where someone's brain was chopped in half, and both halves regenerated into whole beings once again. But the question revolved around who is considered to be the "original" and the "clone", rather than which physical portion would a consciousness be inside. |
|
|
Aug 12 2010, 11:28 PM
Return to original view | Post
#5
|
|
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O
|
QUOTE(Shah_15 @ Aug 12 2010, 04:03 PM) back bone. i wouldn't say the bone, but i know there's a part behind your head/neck that does some quick reflexes that doesn't require permission from the brain to command parts of the body to move... forgot the name... and i'm not sure if this one would be the correct answer QUOTE(teongpeng @ Aug 12 2010, 10:11 PM) the etheric. that has nothing to do with the physical body.. or at least proven science... =x |
|
|
Aug 13 2010, 11:26 PM
Return to original view | Post
#6
|
|
Junior Member
434 posts Joined: May 2005 From: Behind you O.O
|
QUOTE(tpl @ Aug 13 2010, 10:34 PM) u watch final destination too much... lol unfortunately, i only watched one episode and i can barely remember it. |
| Change to: |  0.0171sec
 0.38
 6 queries
 GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 26th November 2025 - 06:21 PM |
Quote