# Connected Minds Could Form a Multiple Organism by J. D. Bernal > “Connections between two or more minds would tend to become a more and more permanent condition until they functioned as a dual or multiple organism.” > **— J. D. Bernal**, *1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh”* ## Sources and Context - **Complete chapter:** [“The Flesh,” *The World, the Flesh and the Devil*](https://bactra.org/Bernal/flesh/), first published by Kegan Paul in 1929. Bernal imagines increasingly permanent communication among people as part of a possible technological future; he is proposing a direction, not reporting a completed multi-person organism. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Coupled Minds and Collective Cognition|Coupled Minds and Collective Cognition]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/J. D. Bernal|J. D. Bernal]] - [[wiki/The World, the Flesh and the Devil|The World, the Flesh and the Devil]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Connections between two or more minds would tend to become a more and more permanent condition until they functioned as a dual or multiple organism.” — J. D. Bernal, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1929 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bernal-connected-minds-multiple-organism ```