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Why Didn't We Have a Brain?

Your brain is the most expensive organ in your body. It takes up about 20 % of your metabolic budget, and it only weighs three pounds. So that, you know, a three pound blob of meat between your ears is like, really expensive. And so what's it good for? Why did it evolve d why do we have it? We're not aware of most of the things that are going on inside our own brains,. including this very ry basic function.

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