alt Hacker NewsThe really exciting thing in this article is that this research led them to a new technique for growing brain stem cells in vitro, which has been very difficult until now. If that isn't being oversold, it's big news. That's going to make future research into diseases like ALS a lot easier.
Replies
pseudohadamard • today at 1:46 AM
Not sure why this is such big news, it's been known for centuries that guys have two brains, and often do the thinking with the little one.
➕ show 3 replies
Agreed. This isn't being oversold.
And actually, the fact that the brain is actually two "developmental" systems combined into one seems like big news to me. We might not know its other uses, but probably for cognitive science and even AI research this might be super useful. In AI, maybe two models should be developed and trained in conjunction that talk to each other, each with different functions and roles, because brains work better this way.
And from what I read, evolution did this type of combined evolution somewhat often. The parts of the ear evolved from different "Gill slits" from when we were fish, meaning the ear isn't evolved from one group of cells in the embryo, but from multiple groups of cells that evolved into one organ system, the ear. Yeah, the middle ear evolved from a different "gill slit" from the outer and inner ear.