# Cecil needs to address this

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-needs-to-address-this/150>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 23, 1999, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-needs-to-address-this/150 "1999-07-23T05:44:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 23, 1999, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-needs-to-address-this/150/1 "1999-07-23T05:44:00Z")

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Ok, here is the hypothetical: If  
the hunger center of your brain  
was theoretically removed; and attached to the  
brain of another; who would feel  
hunger?

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**Post date:** [July 25, 1999, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-needs-to-address-this/150/2 "1999-07-25T03:35:00Z")

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[[Ok, here is the hypothetical: If  
the hunger center of your brain  
was theoretically removed; and attached to the  
brain of another; who would feel  
hunger?]]

This is posted elsewhere on this board (and technically probably shouldn’t be here, as it doesn’t seem to refer to one of Cecil’s columns), so I’m gonna lock it.  
Jill