A leech (Hirudinea) has 32 brains throughout its segmented body. An Octopus (Octopoda) has 9 brains, one for its head and 8 for its arms (legs?).
How do these animals process tasks using multiple brains? It would suck if 3 out of your 8 arms wanted to go find a place to hide while your brain and other 5 arms are actively hunting.
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Technically, you could kinda say that humans have two brains (left and right), with a very high bandwidth connection between the two. But unless this connection is severed, you don’t “feel” like two entities.
NB: I can’t remember what happens to people whose hemispheres are disconnected, but I remember learning about it some time ago. If you’re curious, there’s definitely something somewhere on the internet.
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