I read your post, and this is part of the phrasing that I am urging caution against, you are expecting a certain kind of connectivity of information within a no

I read your post, and this is part of the phrasing that I am urging caution against, you are expecting a certain kind of connectivity of information within a non-linear model and attributing a deception hypothesis to it. Confabulation happens all the time, you might find the split brain experiments downright fascinating. Opens a whole other world of thought on the topic, if you haven't explored it before (and if so, take a look again! It's fantastic).