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From: geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.bio,sci.misc
Subject: Re: Brain unnecessary?
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Date: 15 Feb 88 16:41:39 GMT
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In article <955@radio.toronto.edu> brian@radio.toronto.edu (Brian Glendenning) writes:
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>An intersting discussion has come up on a local BBS. Some people there claim
>that, contrary to what I have always believed, one is able to function
>normally without any brain cells, or at least with very few.
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The hydrocephalics who function well, on autopsy have a thin cortical
mantle which contains most if not all of the neurons used in cognition.
The vast majority of severe hydrocephalics are severely retarded, however.
The bulk of the brain substance does not consist of neurons, remember.
Anyone who says you can have an I.Q. of 136 without any brain cells
is an idiot.