▲ 704 ▼ What a beauty! (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (7 children) wait so its essentially like conjoined twins??? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (6 children) Exactly. But entirely fused into one being. It happens in all species, including humans. I may be one, but never bothered to test for. Could also be a slight vitiligo. Dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) sorta funny to think about. we already seem to be two distinct people with each side of the brain. this would kinda make it moreso. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) At least two distinct processes. Since we don't know how consciousness emerges we can't tell if the brain stem is strictly required, so the split-brain phenomena you're probably referencing might only shows that we got two major regions for higher brain function but not two separate… "souls"? I swear we gonna learn sooooo much about consciousness once we're able to artificially (and safely, temporarily) link two brains together. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago heck. I don't even think we have one soul. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Does that mean two different parts of your body could have two different DNA? I think there's some crime story about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hoimo@ani.social 6 points 1 month ago There is one widely published instance of a woman almost losing custody of her two children after a court-ordered genetic test returned a mismatch. Had to be pretty confusing to hear that the guy is indeed the father, but... Objection! You are not the mother of these children! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Basically, yes. But test is costly, and won't be of any help other than telling me "You're a Chimera, Harry". Sure, Chimeras are more likely to get some diseases , like autoimmune one (because the immune system suddenly realizing your left kidney isn't exactly yours 😅), and depression (dunno why 😅). So for now I'll just deal with my naturally multicolored body hair (dark brown, some very blond patches, and some ginger bits), and move on. Now that I think about it... I'm a human calico 😆 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (6 children) Exactly. But entirely fused into one being. It happens in all species, including humans. I may be one, but never bothered to test for. Could also be a slight vitiligo. Dunno. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) sorta funny to think about. we already seem to be two distinct people with each side of the brain. this would kinda make it moreso. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) At least two distinct processes. Since we don't know how consciousness emerges we can't tell if the brain stem is strictly required, so the split-brain phenomena you're probably referencing might only shows that we got two major regions for higher brain function but not two separate… "souls"? I swear we gonna learn sooooo much about consciousness once we're able to artificially (and safely, temporarily) link two brains together. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago heck. I don't even think we have one soul. permalink fedilink source parent [–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Does that mean two different parts of your body could have two different DNA? I think there's some crime story about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hoimo@ani.social 6 points 1 month ago There is one widely published instance of a woman almost losing custody of her two children after a court-ordered genetic test returned a mismatch. Had to be pretty confusing to hear that the guy is indeed the father, but... Objection! You are not the mother of these children! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Basically, yes. But test is costly, and won't be of any help other than telling me "You're a Chimera, Harry". Sure, Chimeras are more likely to get some diseases , like autoimmune one (because the immune system suddenly realizing your left kidney isn't exactly yours 😅), and depression (dunno why 😅). So for now I'll just deal with my naturally multicolored body hair (dark brown, some very blond patches, and some ginger bits), and move on. Now that I think about it... I'm a human calico 😆 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) sorta funny to think about. we already seem to be two distinct people with each side of the brain. this would kinda make it moreso. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) At least two distinct processes. Since we don't know how consciousness emerges we can't tell if the brain stem is strictly required, so the split-brain phenomena you're probably referencing might only shows that we got two major regions for higher brain function but not two separate… "souls"? I swear we gonna learn sooooo much about consciousness once we're able to artificially (and safely, temporarily) link two brains together. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago heck. I don't even think we have one soul. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) At least two distinct processes. Since we don't know how consciousness emerges we can't tell if the brain stem is strictly required, so the split-brain phenomena you're probably referencing might only shows that we got two major regions for higher brain function but not two separate… "souls"? I swear we gonna learn sooooo much about consciousness once we're able to artificially (and safely, temporarily) link two brains together. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago heck. I don't even think we have one soul. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago heck. I don't even think we have one soul. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oce@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Does that mean two different parts of your body could have two different DNA? I think there's some crime story about this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hoimo@ani.social 6 points 1 month ago There is one widely published instance of a woman almost losing custody of her two children after a court-ordered genetic test returned a mismatch. Had to be pretty confusing to hear that the guy is indeed the father, but... Objection! You are not the mother of these children! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Basically, yes. But test is costly, and won't be of any help other than telling me "You're a Chimera, Harry". Sure, Chimeras are more likely to get some diseases , like autoimmune one (because the immune system suddenly realizing your left kidney isn't exactly yours 😅), and depression (dunno why 😅). So for now I'll just deal with my naturally multicolored body hair (dark brown, some very blond patches, and some ginger bits), and move on. Now that I think about it... I'm a human calico 😆 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hoimo@ani.social 6 points 1 month ago There is one widely published instance of a woman almost losing custody of her two children after a court-ordered genetic test returned a mismatch. Had to be pretty confusing to hear that the guy is indeed the father, but... Objection! You are not the mother of these children! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* Basically, yes. But test is costly, and won't be of any help other than telling me "You're a Chimera, Harry". Sure, Chimeras are more likely to get some diseases , like autoimmune one (because the immune system suddenly realizing your left kidney isn't exactly yours 😅), and depression (dunno why 😅). So for now I'll just deal with my naturally multicolored body hair (dark brown, some very blond patches, and some ginger bits), and move on. Now that I think about it... I'm a human calico 😆 permalink fedilink source parent