Complicated Brains

 

Why oh why are brains so complicated?  They need to be complicated in order “to do what they were designed to do.” Do what they do. The brain has been called the most amazing piece of biological real estate in the known universe. Joel Havemann put it this way: What seems astonishing is that a mere three-pound object, made of the same atoms that constitute everything else under the sun, is capable of directing virtually everything that humans have done. Think about it: flying to the moon, Barry Bonds hitting 762 home runs in a 22-year career; athletes winning medals at the Olympics, researchers unlocking brains secrets, one by one. I like the way British philosopher Emerson M. Pugh put it: “If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t.” In case you haven’t noticed, I am in awe of the human brain! Listen to my weekly podcast https://anchor.fm/arlene-r-taylor