There was a thread the other day here on HN[0] that discussed how the brain isn't actually broken into discreet sections that govern different parts of our biological process.<p>I'm not sure how big an impact that has on this author's philosophical thoughts, but it's worth noting.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26341218" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26341218</a>