[Sosh101]

I'm not seriously proposing this, but what if the "subconscious" (whatever came up with your obstetrician names without you perceiving it) is actually another consciousness, "locked in". Perhaps there is another story here, where a dream was had about a party, and the observer felt they were coming up with humorous names for an obstetrician.

[x86x87]

In reality, the "conscious" part of the processing that happens in the brain is just a [small] part. There is so much more that is going on.

The way I think about it is that the brain is a massively, self organizing processing unit where consciousness/attention runs on just one thread (try consciously thinking about two things at once :) ). Most of the processing, including vital operations that are needed to keep up alive (eg breathing, heart operation, the myriad of hormonal regulation feedback loops, memory organization and consolidation) are happening under the hood and we don't have access to that part.

[notamy]

Something similar to this idea is actually called internal family systems, and is a useful concept for certain types of dissociative disorders afaik. You may not be as far off as you think, but I don’t know if there’s conclusive evidence for this viewpoint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Family_Systems_Model

[jvanderbot]

You should look up the split brain experiments. It sure seems like there are non verbal parts of the mind that have their own thoughts on everything.