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> Something similar may be happening with the brain - perhaps the core compute runs on the surface layers, but that doesn't mean non-critical functionality isn'
by 52-6F-62 5y ago
> Something similar may be happening with the brain - perhaps the core compute runs on the surface layers, but that doesn't mean non-critical functionality isn't occupying the deeper parts, and a person with less of those parts may not realize they have decreased capacity.
That's at once fascinating and existentially horrifying to me.
I need to know more...
- ben_w 5y agoIt definitely happens at some point — I saw it in my mother when her Alzheimer’s progressed to later stages. She only seemed to be aware of her condition in the initial stages. I have wondered if Alzheimer’s preferentially damages certain parts of the brain? And also if eventual death is unpredictable because it depends on when the damage interferes with autonomous bodily functions such as heartbeat, breathing, or gut peristalsis?