A 'brainless' talent with an IQ of 126, where does this intelligence come from?

Can humans live without a brain? This seemingly mythical story actually exists. A student with excellent grades with a first-place honors degree in math, has an IQ of 126 and is capable of living in harmony with normal society. However, this student has no brain!

The article by Dr. Dong Vu Hong, European expert on virology and infectious diseases, represents the author's personal views.

Can humans live without a brain? This seemingly mythical story actually exists. (Photo: Shutterstock)

In 1980, the journal Science published an article about this amazingly real case.

The boy's head looked larger than usual, so it caught the attention of the doctor, who then performed a brain scan. The results were surprising, while the average human brain has an average thickness of 4.5cm, this student's brain is only 1mm thick - almost no brain!

Half of 'brainless people' have an IQ of 100

Cases like this one are not uncommon.

John Lorber, professor of neurology at the University of Sheffield (1915-1996), was an expert in hydrocephalus, he systematically cataloged a series of similar cases. 600 children with hydrocephalus were surveyed, some with mild hydrocephalus, some with severe hydrocephalus and 95% of the brain occupied by 'water' . 

What is hydrocephalus? Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear liquid that is synthesized and circulated in the brain and spinal cord. However, in one group of people, cerebrospinal fluid cannot circulate normally, it accumulates in the brain and causes hydrocephalus. The rest of the brain is continuously thinning under the pressure of the fluid, causing more than 50% to 95% of brain volume to be replaced by cerebrospinal fluid. So these people have almost no brains.

Hydrocephalus. (Photo: The Epoch Times)

However, Professor Lorber found that among the children with the most severe hydrocephalus, up to half had an IQ greater than 100, life and learning were no different from normal people. 

Where does human consciousness come from?

The special thing is that people with hydrocephalus, this severely shrunken brain, many people have not only normal social skills but also excellent academic achievements. 

Although Professor Lorber's research results do not prove that humans do not need brains, it does confirm that people can continue to live normal lives and even have super intelligence with very small brains. or almost non-existent.

So, human consciousness, cognitive abilities, and intelligence don't seem to come from the brain? So, where does human consciousness come from?

Following Professor Lorber's research, there have been many suggestions by neuroscientists that there may be an 'invisible brain' in the human body, or what could be called a 'deep brain' , for that brain functions are not only performed by the cerebral cortex that we can observe.

Patrick Wall, professor of anatomy at University College London, commented: 'For hundreds of years, neuroscientists have believed that all the discoveries they love about brain function are due to the actual cortex of the brain. present, but the reality is that many functions thought to be cortical are likely performed by the deeper structures of the brain.'

"There's no question that the deeper structure of the brain is important for many brain functions," said Norman Geschwind, a neuroscientist at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital .

David Bowsher, professor of neurophysiology at the University of Liverpool, UK, said: 'It is almost certain that the deeper structures of the brain are more important than is currently thought.'

To explain this 'brainless' phenomenon , British biochemist Donald R. Forsdyke proposed in 2015: 'Consciousness can be 'stored in some form of subatomic particle'. microscopic', the composition of which is still unknown to biochemists and physiologists, perhaps 'outside of our body'. Of course, when we talk about external memory, we are referring to the more abstract realm of 'mind' and 'spirit'.

British biochemist Donald R. Foss believes that consciousness can be stored in some form of microscopic subatomic particles. (Artwork: Fizkes/Shutterstock)

Humans have invisible bodies?

Australian neurophysiologist Sir John Carew Eccless (1903-1997), who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1963, believed that the human 'consciousness' and 'brain' were two separate individuals. Humans have a non-physical 'consciousness' , independent of the brain, that controls brain activities. After the physical brain dies, this 'invisible body' can still exist and perform life activities.

Several scientists have also done research on near-death experiences, including a study on the Tangshan earthquake published in the Chinese Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology. 

Research has found that when death is near and the brain stops functioning, some people can still clearly observe everything going on around them, even being able to observe their physical body from the outside. body. This leads researchers to believe that in addition to a physical body that is visible to the naked eye, humans also have an 'invisible body' part. Furthermore, that part of the 'invisible body' can separate from the physical body.

In some cases, the brains of some patients with COVID-19 were destroyed by 2% of the virus and other symptoms such as cognitive decline appeared; some patients with dementia are unable to care for themselves due to partial brain atrophy. However, the brains of the 'brainless people' mentioned above are almost gone, but the brain functions are still completely normal. What is the reason?

The crux of this may lie in whether the 'invisible body' and 'deep brain' are damaged.

The brains of some patients infected with Covid-19 were 2% damaged by the virus, and various symptoms such as cognitive impairment appeared. (Artwork: fizkes/Shutterstock)

Modern medical research on diseases can only observe that the human body is made up of molecular cells. Over the past 200 years, physics towards the physical world has gradually realized that atoms can split, and detect electrons, as well as atomic nuclei, neutrons, neutrinos, etc. However, Today's medical instruments such as microscope, CT, ultrasound B, X-ray can still only observe the structure of the human body at the molecular level. If humans have a microscope that can observe more microscopic substances in the future, they can observe more forms of human existence in a more microscopic and deeper form.

Humans have a very limited understanding of the brain, and the brain is capable of operating with a mechanism we cannot imagine.