According to the view presented here, we cannot rule out that there are other parts of the nervous system that may maintain minimal separate foci of consciousness; each of these foci would have its own DSS, and they would not include each other in their DSSs (otherwise they would share a single global awareness). Since the ability to dictate speech is normally conserved for the main DSS, the contents of an additional DSS won’t be relevant for speech unless the main DSS is affected by the side DSS and decides to speak becuase of this dependence. It is possible for two DSSs to affect each other without sharing global awareness, as happens for example when two people are talking. In this case, the conditions for inclusion in one DSS won’t be fulfilled by parts of the two different DSSs with respect to each other; particularly the characteristic interaction time would be too long for inclusion in a single DSS.
According to the view presented here, we cannot rule out that there are other parts of the nervous system that may maintain minimal separate foci of consciousness; each of these foci would have its own DSS, and they would not include each other in their DSSs (otherwise they would share a single global awareness). Since the ability to dictate speech is normally conserved for the main DSS, the contents of an additional DSS won’t be relevant for speech unless the main DSS is affected by the side DSS and decides to speak becuase of this dependence. It is possible for two DSSs to affect each other without sharing global awareness, as happens for example when two people are talking. In this case, the conditions for inclusion in one DSS won’t be fulfilled by parts of the two different DSSs with respect to each other; particularly the characteristic interaction time would be too long for inclusion in a single DSS.