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Scientists: We are studying gut neurons. Marketing: What are neurons? Scientists: They are cells in our nervous systems, such as the brain. Marketing: guts h

• rcxdude 5y ago
  The analogy is more apt than saying e.g. your leg has a brain due to the nerves in it. The nervous system in the gut has a lot of neurons in it (the human gut has about as many as a cat's brain), and they are not just simple sensory or motor neurons relaying information, many are at least similar to the kind of 'decision-making' neurons you find in the brain.
  • meristem 5y ago
    I knew my gut liked lasers and catnip for a reason.
• c7DJTLrn 5y ago
  It's not marketing, but clickbait media watering down science that can't really be watered down.