What removing large chunks of brain taught me about selfhood

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Mon, 17/02/2025 - 22:00

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Mon, 17/02/2025 - 22:00

Photo of a patient in surgery with head stabilised by a frame; medical staff holding instruments in the background.

I’ve cut brains in half, excised tumours – even removed entire lobes. The illusion of the self and free will survives it all

- by Theodore H Schwartz