If you connect the brains of two people together would each of them know what the other one is thinking?

Question

If you connect the brains of two people together would each of them know what the other one is thinking?

Answer 1

The sheer level of intricacy this would take would be astounding.



I'd say that due to neural path differences, the mere act of thinking could cause plenty of trouble to the other part of the brain. If the surgery were advanced enough to adjust neural pathways to compatibility, not only would this "brain" be altered beyond the original two into an unrecognizable abomination, it would only recognize itself as one entity.



So theoretically, if this were done in a survivable manner, yes, because it would be one.

Answer 2

It depends which parts of the brains you connect. Would the central functions be independent, so that the possiblility to know what the other is thinking would still be a possibility? The uber-brain may just think without an "other"...