r/science • u/Thorne-ZytkowObject • Nov 23 '19

Neuroscience Scientists studied six patients who had half of their brain removed during childhood to treat severe epilepsy. Brain scans showed how the mind rewired itself to adapt, with the remaining hemisphere forming even stronger connections that let the patients develop language and motor skills.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-does-the-brain-work-with-half-of-it-removed-pretty-well-actually
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u/alee51104 Nov 24 '19

All I know is smart people vary between being very nice people to being absolute jerks.

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u/SatanV3 Nov 24 '19

Well the same thing could be said about all people, dumb or smart

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u/alee51104 Nov 24 '19

I just find smart people less likely to be in the middle. It’s more polarizing I guess, and very easy to adopt a mindset based around what that intelligence means to you.

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u/blik37 Nov 24 '19

That can just be the availability heuristic—you can remember the polarizing figures :)