Annaka Harris

And so if there are other experiences happening in my system, you know, if there are some experiences of liver processing or, you know, other types of processing that happen in my body, that never enter this stream of awareness, my conclusion is that they're not conscious, but we just don't know. We only know what enters the stream of memory and then what can be reported on.

And so if there are other experiences happening in my system, you know, if there are some experiences of liver processing or, you know, other types of processing that happen in my body, that never enter this stream of awareness, my conclusion is that they're not conscious, but we just don't know. We only know what enters the stream of memory and then what can be reported on.

This is where I often talk about, and I get into this in the documentary series as well, the work on split brain patients, because this is a very real world example of a suggestion of what I'm talking about, which is,

This is where I often talk about, and I get into this in the documentary series as well, the work on split brain patients, because this is a very real world example of a suggestion of what I'm talking about, which is,

This is where I often talk about, and I get into this in the documentary series as well, the work on split brain patients, because this is a very real world example of a suggestion of what I'm talking about, which is,

there's a surgical procedure called a calisotomy that is not performed very often anymore, but was used to be used as a treatment for epilepsy for people whose lives were severely disrupted by grand mal seizures. And when the seizure spreads from one side of the brain to the other, that's, you know, a much more serious condition and people can get injured and fall and die from this condition.

there's a surgical procedure called a calisotomy that is not performed very often anymore, but was used to be used as a treatment for epilepsy for people whose lives were severely disrupted by grand mal seizures. And when the seizure spreads from one side of the brain to the other, that's, you know, a much more serious condition and people can get injured and fall and die from this condition.

there's a surgical procedure called a calisotomy that is not performed very often anymore, but was used to be used as a treatment for epilepsy for people whose lives were severely disrupted by grand mal seizures. And when the seizure spreads from one side of the brain to the other, that's, you know, a much more serious condition and people can get injured and fall and die from this condition.

So sometimes they would perform a callosotomy, which actually splits the connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

So sometimes they would perform a callosotomy, which actually splits the connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

So sometimes they would perform a callosotomy, which actually splits the connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

I don't know how much you want me to go into this research or if you're familiar with it, but one fascinating thing about this research is that they were able to find a way to probe and interrogate the right hemisphere of the brain, which is in most people, not all people, but in most people, the non-speaking side of the brain. So it's the left hemisphere that's verbal.

I don't know how much you want me to go into this research or if you're familiar with it, but one fascinating thing about this research is that they were able to find a way to probe and interrogate the right hemisphere of the brain, which is in most people, not all people, but in most people, the non-speaking side of the brain. So it's the left hemisphere that's verbal.

I don't know how much you want me to go into this research or if you're familiar with it, but one fascinating thing about this research is that they were able to find a way to probe and interrogate the right hemisphere of the brain, which is in most people, not all people, but in most people, the non-speaking side of the brain. So it's the left hemisphere that's verbal.

And so, you know, when these patients were being studied, the doctor would ask them a question and they would answer, you know, if it was an opinion related question, what's your favorite color? Only the left hemisphere was answering because the left hemisphere is in control of the speech. And so they might say blue.

And so, you know, when these patients were being studied, the doctor would ask them a question and they would answer, you know, if it was an opinion related question, what's your favorite color? Only the left hemisphere was answering because the left hemisphere is in control of the speech. And so they might say blue.

And so, you know, when these patients were being studied, the doctor would ask them a question and they would answer, you know, if it was an opinion related question, what's your favorite color? Only the left hemisphere was answering because the left hemisphere is in control of the speech. And so they might say blue.

But if they then they realize that something interesting was going on and that perhaps the the right hemisphere was having a different experience. The right hemisphere is controlled by the left hand. And so they would ask the person the same question and have them write the answer with their left hand. And often the answer would be different.

But if they then they realize that something interesting was going on and that perhaps the the right hemisphere was having a different experience. The right hemisphere is controlled by the left hand. And so they would ask the person the same question and have them write the answer with their left hand. And often the answer would be different.

But if they then they realize that something interesting was going on and that perhaps the the right hemisphere was having a different experience. The right hemisphere is controlled by the left hand. And so they would ask the person the same question and have them write the answer with their left hand. And often the answer would be different.