THE VIDEO SHELF · split-brain consciousness
You Actually Share Your Brain With a Silent Stranger
CGP Grey explains split-brain patients, where severing the corpus callosum lets the two hemispheres act independently. He uses this to explore the idea of two minds in one head.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN returns to it constantly in consciousness and decision-making threads as a clear, entertaining explanation of split-brain.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- split-brain consciousness
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 12
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you just learned that "Split Brain" was thing, I recommend watching this video by GPGrey, one of the best educational channels on YouTube: [VIDEO]
otto_ortega on Hacker News · 2017-01
In Split Brain Does Not Lead to Split ConsciousnessFor mind bending check the great explanation from CGP Grey, "You are two"[1], which argues the two brain hemispheres can operate independently. [1]: [VIDEO]
BoppreH on Hacker News · 2016-11
In My Subconscious Is a Better Developer Than I AmKurzgesagt[0] and CGP Grey[1] did a fun little 2-part intro into "split mindedness" i.e. the idea that we may have multiple consciousnesses(?) contending for control. [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO]
glenneroo on Hacker News · 2018-04
In The limits of information (2014)
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