Comment by aucisson_masque
5 days ago
> 2. Ignores the cerebellum cases - We have documented cases of humans leading normal lives with little to no brain beyond a cerebellum, which contradicts simplistic "brain = deep learning" equivalences
I went to look for it on Google but couldn't find much. Could you provide a link or something to learn more about ?
I found numerous cases of people living without cerebellum but I fail to see how it would justify your reasoning.
https://npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/16/392789753/a...
https://irishtimes.com/news/remarkable-story-of-maths-genius...
https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/64017/what-secti...
https://cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edit...
"We have documented cases of humans leading normal lives with little to no brain beyond a cerebellum" -- I take this to mean that these are humans that have a cerebellum but not much else.
Your npr.org link talks about the opposite -- regular brain, but no cerebellum.
Your irishtimes.com link talks about cerebrum, which is not the same as cerebellum.
Your biology.stackexchange.com link talks about Cerebral Cortex, which is also not the same as cerebellum.
And the cbc.ca link does not contain the string "cere" on the page.
You're right - I mixed up cerebellum/cerebrum/cortex terminology. My bad. The cases I'm referencing are hydrocephalus patients with severely compressed cerebral tissue who maintained normal cognitive function. The point about structural variation not precluding consciousness stands."
Your first example is someone without a cerebellum which is not like the others.
The other examples are people with compressed neural tissue but that is not the same as never having the tissue.
A being with only a cerebellum could not behave like a human.
You're right - I mixed up cerebellum/cerebrum/cortex terminology. My bad. The cases I'm referencing are hydrocephalus patients with severely compressed cerebral tissue who maintained normal cognitive function. The point about structural variation not precluding consciousness stands.
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