Brains

Why do Brains Brain?

This was one of the questions the production team collected for an episode of Brain Secrets: Ask Dr. Taylor. I thought it was clever to use the word brain as both a noun and a verb. If the question had been “How do brains brain,” I would have answered that the brain has not seen fit—as yet—to release all its secrets to researchers. But why? The first thing I thought of was a commercial by Kevin Hart. You may have seen it. He opens his mail and then commences to yell the news to his neighbors. One of them says, "I’m right here. Why are you yelling?” Kevin yells back, “’Cuz that’s what I do!” In answer to your question Why do brains brain?  They brain ‘cuz that’s what brains do. They were designed to brain—to do what brains do—hopefully using all their amazing functions. More tomorrow.