What if every subconscious brain module is really an independent consciousness?

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What if subconscious brain processes are actually independent consciousnesses, each resembling an independent advisor whispering advice to the main consciousness, or “I”? This multi-consciousness model would support free will, as our choices are informed by other consciousnesses, not the subconscious. Each independent consciousness allows a movable perspective through its rich representation of the world and constantly seeks harmony and resonance between its internal concepts, other consciousnesses, external reality, and the genetic worm hole to the evolutionary past.

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Robert Vermeulen
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A modified concept of consciousness.Roger W. Sperry - 1969 - Psychological Review 76 (6):532-36.

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