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#77: Debunking myths about the brain

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The Lizard Brain Is One of the Most Successful Errors in All of Science

According to lisa, the lizard brain is one of the most successful errors in all o science. It's a myth that's widely shared, but is completely wrong. See, brains don't evolve in layers, like adding icing to an already baked cake. And there's no lizard brain hiding beneath your human brain. Instead, the brains of all mammals, and possibly all vertebraes, follow a single manufacturing plan. So when a marketing guro tells you to appeal to the lizard brain, you can call buoship - as lisa says, the only animal with a lizard brain is a lizard.

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