Thursday, June 01, 2006

Is the Brain Really Necessary?

A neurologist studying people with hydrocephalus found that half of his most severe cases had IQs greater than 100, even though they had 95% of their cranial cavity filled with cerebrospinal fluid. One of them was a student who had an IQ of 126 and had a first class honours degree in mathematics while having "virtually no brain."

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