Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
The question about the demon's different personalities disagreeing made me wonder. Does a well developed demon like Desdemona have any thoughts that are separate than the previous hosts? Besides the urge to chaos. Penric refers to Desdemona as all of them collectively, but there also seems to be some sort of unity of thought when he isn't calling on a specific personality.
Lois McMaster Bujold
It's fluid, but it does appear that the personalities blend around the edges over time, with the older ones less distinct than the newer. The memories mostly remain distinct, but the presenting persona becomes more of a consensus.
There is some interesting recent research in neurobiology that suggests the the parts of a brain actually cooperate in something of a consensus fashion in generating awareness.
Ta, L.
It's fluid, but it does appear that the personalities blend around the edges over time, with the older ones less distinct than the newer. The memories mostly remain distinct, but the presenting persona becomes more of a consensus.
There is some interesting recent research in neurobiology that suggests the the parts of a brain actually cooperate in something of a consensus fashion in generating awareness.
Ta, L.
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