[nocturnalman]

There is a report about a man in France who went to the doctor because of some issues with his leg.The doctor did a brain scan and found that 90% of his brain was missing ,there was only fluid and only 10% brain matter.He this for many years without even knowing.Yet he worked as a civil servant and had two children.His IQ was 75 ,less than 100 but still not considered mentally impaired.
He was fully consciouss all his life and functioned like any other human being.

There are other reports about people with similar rare conditions.This has lead some scientists to believe that neuroscience is wrong about the brain and consciousness.

So with most of his brain missing ,why did this person have no psychosis ,depression or DR/DP ?

 

[TDX]

He was fully consciouss all his life and functioned like any other human being. There are other reports about people with similar rare conditions.This has lead some scientists to believe that neuroscience is wrong about the brain and consciousness.

I lack the knowledge needed to explain why the brain of this person still seems to reasonably work. But I say this is somewhat cherry picking, because you look at only one case with this phenomenon. Perhaps almost all other people with such severe brain damage are in a persistent vegatative state or severely disabled in other ways. Look for example at Alzheimers disease which literally destroys the brain from the inside. People with this disease lose their memories, their personality, their skills and finally their life. Thus this case does not prompt us to proclaim neuroscience was wrong with the brain and consciousness.

 

[willbarwa]

There is a report about a man in France who went to the doctor because of some issues with his leg.The doctor did a brain scan and found that 90% of his brain was missing ,there was only fluid and only 10% brain matter.He this for many years without even knowing.Yet he worked as a civil servant and had two children.His IQ was 75 ,less than 100 but still not considered mentally impaired.
He was fully consciouss all his life and functioned like any other human being.

There are other reports about people with similar rare conditions.This has lead some scientists to believe that neuroscience is wrong about the brain and consciousness.

So with most of his brain missing ,why did this person have no psychosis ,depression or DR/DP ?

Wow never heard of that. I guess if you are not aware of it, then in some paradoxical way, it doesn't matter...?

Still, that is incredible. Do you have a link to that article?