Timeline for Where can the brain be arranged inside the torso?
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| Dec 18, 2020 at 17:12 | comment | added | John | @FrenchThompson also a spread out brain will not work, the function of the brain requires a high degree of interconnectivity between disparate cells, spreading the brain out just makes it take up even more space, it gains no advantage. | |
| Dec 18, 2020 at 17:11 | comment | added | John | @FrenchThompson the first is easy, make the torso larger, there are dozens of ways to do this, you have a lot of room for creativity. Cooling is non-issue, the brain receives minimal cooling from its position, nor is there any evidence for the necessity of cooling in the human brain. Organisms that do cool hte brain do so by secondary structures which could easily be in the torso instead. you could even get additional cooling by putting the brain close to the respiratory system which losses a lot of heat. | |
| Dec 18, 2020 at 16:56 | comment | added | French Thompson | Also, you have not solved the problem of thermal conductivity (removal of excess heat), because the brain is a rather energy-consuming organ and releases a lot of heat. Add new information to your answer. | |
| Dec 18, 2020 at 16:55 | comment | added | French Thompson | You did not explain exactly where our brain should be located, so as not to interfere with the activity of other organs (lungs, heart and digestive system), as well as how to protect it from blows, so that you do not get a concussion just by falling on your stomach or getting in the liver (you should probably just place it under the ribs, like the heart and lungs, but again a lot of space is already taken up there, which is why the brain will probably not be a single clot like our usual brain, instead, it will unravel like the entire nervous system) | |
| Dec 18, 2020 at 16:33 | history | edited | John | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 18, 2020 at 16:25 | history | answered | John | CC BY-SA 4.0 |