Male Brains Explained

[AmateurScientist]

Here ya go!

I remember reading something about the very same subject on the boards a while back (I searched and I couldnt find the thread), the story I read was the same scenario (guy with above average IQ doesnt have a brain) but different name and location. It turns out the story was the creation of some guy who wrote a webpage called "Bad Science". Bad Science featured lots and lots of bad theories such as "The core of the sun is actually cold", "The inside of the moon could be hollow", and "Is your brain really necessary" (this reflected on that annoying "people only use 10% of their brain" cliche). Its just drunken insanity, probably a spoof, probably an unsual joke, most likely an urban legend, nothing worth investing your time in.

That was nice of you, Yahweh, but all you did was link back to the apparent source of Steve's first post about this. Steve's post quotes that link verbatim. The guy who wrote that stuff obviously has a flawed recollection of the British television program and fails to appreciate what a faker Lorber must have been. His facts are simply poor representations of the truth.

It's not entirely an urban legend, as the television program really did air and recordings of it have apparently been widely circulated. It's just that the story itself is full of misleading information and conjecture presented as fact. Very telling is that Lorber's tales and theories have never been widely accepted or peer reviewed by the relevant scientific community. That should speak volumes.

AS

 

[SteveGrenard]

I don't know. It is style here to relegate stuff to urban legend or worse, myth, but anencephaly is a textbook term and a congential condition that babies are born with, have for short periods of time, get treated for through surgical shunts to remove swelling and then either live or die. What may be legend is that some people survive with much smaller amounts of brain tissue or brain tissue mass that is highly compressed. What may be mythos is that people survive with this into adulthood with normal or above normal intelligence. I have searched MedLine and could not find any journal references on this subject but there are a lot of non-peer reviewed reports. Right now Homer Simpson's x-ray is the only hard evidence we have.

Skeptics should always investigate urban legends and do what they have
to debunk them if they prove to be false.