seems to have no function. Then there are the cases of remarkable performance where the human brain seems to be

virtually absent, as in the cases where an encephalitic infant develops into an adult with apparently normal capacity.

Part of the human brain maintains the body functions, as is evident when brain stem injury occurs above the nerves to

the heart and other organs. Life stops. But these parts of the brain are older, at the base of the brain, and do not involve

the larger and newer sections of the brain to any degree. Humans are also aware that they can live quite well with only

half a brain, right or left side, as long as a complete half remains. As with many vital organs, evolution favored the

specimen who could survive the loss of one. Thus dual eyes, dual ears, dual kidneys, dual lungs, dual limbs, dual testes

and ovaries, and dual brains. While whole, they both function, and thus both halves of the brain are hard at work as

cooperative team members, communicating via the connective mass between them.

Humans are puzzled at the amount of gray matter that seemingly has no function. If a human can survive losing half a

brain, and an encephalitic can function with a minimal brain, then is not there excess brain capacity? This assumption

is based on the apparent normalcy of humans functioning with diminished brain size. The humans walk, talk, laugh at

jokes, remember to brush their teeth - apparently normal. However, as most consider it to be amazing that these

individuals are not in a coma, they seldom move past astonishment to check for full capacity. A woman with only one

ovary still ovulates every month, as each ovary has more than enough eggs, menopause occurring due to timing out

rather than exhaustion. A single lung or kidney maintains the body under normal circumstances, but under duress a

lack of capacity manifests. Just so, where diminished brain size allows the individual to learn and learn well those

routines called upon regularly, when asked to stretch the lack of capacity shows up.

Each complex concept is built from many mental building blocks, and each of these building blocks likewise is

composed of many parts. Children piece these building blocks together, bit by bit, piece by piece, and eventually get to

the point where they can structure abstract concepts. The concept of gravity is grasped in school because the babe

dropped food bits from its high chair in fascination as they plopped and bounced on the floor, and the toddler watched

birds fighting gravity with their beating wings but found that flailing arms did not create a lift, and the child built

towers and arches with building blocks and found the arch must support the weight above or else. All these concepts

built into an abstract concept of gravity.

Diminished brain capacity allows the afflicted person to laugh when others laugh as laughter is contagious, especially

when one wishes to belong. Do not small children laugh along while not understanding the joke? Diminished capacity

does not allow one to create a joke beyond the slap- stick, nor does it allow one to build an abstract concept where one has not already been constructed. Thus, the brain damaged can continue old functions where the connections and

structures have not been lost, but time stops for them where new abstractions must be constructed. Too many washed

out bridges, so the destination is never reached. Abstract concepts, intuition, long range planning, adaptability - this is what all that uncharted gray matter is supporting, and it is not idle.

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Note: written on Dec 15, 1995.

Intelligence tests have been increasingly broadened into areas with little relationship to intellect. Intellect is thought, thinking, concepts. Thought can be broken down into memory, the ability to string memories together, the ability to

abstract a concept from many concrete memories, the ability to arrive at a logical conclusion, the ability to consider

the future and plan, and the overall capacity to do much of this at the same time. Thought is not the ability to match a

tone, the ability to draw or quote by repeating what one has just seen or heard, or the capacity to be socially pleasant

and observant. Where such abilities frequently further the individual and are even taken to be signs of intelligence, this

is due more to what society expects of its members than intellectual performance. Is the little girl who is quick to

mock her mother's curtsy and phrases bright or just a copy-cat? The latter.

True deep intelligence is seldom recognized for what it is by those of lesser intelligence. The bright child seems

distracted, may forget to tie his shoes, makes mistakes when doing simple tasks, and wanders off to be by himself and

alone with his thoughts. The dull child may have nothing better to do than be a copy- cat, and as this earns him

applause, does it often. This does not mean that the bright child has less of an Emotional Quotient, an EQ as it is

called, it simply means they have better things to do. Given a situation that truly tests the ability of an individual to

empathize and discern the correct emotional appeal to make to others, the bright child will routinely do as well if not

better than the individual of average intelligence.

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