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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by card_zero on Saturday October 19, 2024 @03:53PM (#41890265)
Not sure neuron number correlates to smarts, either.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-brain/

There are 100 million in my gut, but it doesn't solve any problems that aren't about poop, as far as I know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_n...

If the suspiciously round number is accurate, this puts the human gut somewhere between a golden hamster and ansell's mole-rat, and about level with a short-palated fruit bat.

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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by HarHarVeryFunny on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:28PM (#41890535)
Agreed. It's architecture that matters, although for a given brain architecture (e.g. species) there might be benefits to scale. mega-brain vs pea-brain.

I was just pointing out that a crow's brain is built on a more advanced process node than our own. Smaller transistors.

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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by Animats on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:39PM (#41890612)
That makes sense. Birds are very weight-limited, so there's evolutionary pressure to keep the mass of the control system down.
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Re:Language is not essential for the cognitive processes tha... by readthenotes1 on Saturday October 19, 2024 @05:38PM (#41890966)
I suspect there is more going on with your gut neurons then you would expect. If nothing else, the vagus nerve I had to direct communication link.

I like to think that it is my gut brain that is telling me that it's okay to have that ice cream...

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