Inasmuch as the chemical reactions cannot be truly 'disparate' - all things being interconnected - there can be said to be only one discrete entity...
Hi Redwener,
I am really talking about the traditional understanding that a person has a seat of consciousness - an 'I' that somehow looks out from behind your eyes. Neuroscience has clearly scotched that myth. Thought processes, perceptions, feelings etc. occur in different parts of the brain and do not, it appears, feed into one central 'processing unit' that then responds and ponders upon what actions it will take. The super-connectedness that we feel about ourselves is simply an illusion. There are just separate parts of the brain, (operating in concert only where needed) that simply manage to do what is needed to help us survive.
Blacknad.
