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#77: Debunking myths about the brain

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The Brain's Most Important Job Is Regulating Body

Lisa has studied the brain for most of her career. She's written about how emotions are formed, how the brain works with others and if a ain could be recreated in a computer. The first thing lisa looked to figure out was why we even have a brain. Why did we evolve a brain in the first place? Well, phil, i started off wondering why we even had a brain. So what is a brain good for? I mean, it's a very expensive organ. It takes up 20 % of your metabolic budget. Brains evolved to regulate body. That's their most importn well, i can't really say that's why they evolved but certainly one important reason

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