RE: "Second brain"
News to me, although not altogether surprising. Interesting stuff though.
June
RE: "Second brain"
Interesting! - I'm right now about to start another thread here (HP- Science) on the possibility that consciousness is not produced by the brain.
Venetian
RE: "Second brain"
The chinese actually refer to the intestines as the lower brain, if I remember correctly, - so they have believed this for centuries. Also the chinese actually believe we have 3 brains. Our upper brain (head), middle brain (diaphram) and lower brain (the intestines).
L&L,
Sig xx
RE: "Second brain"
Not researched enough to make an intelligent comment but that would be the brain. I definitely think with my stomach and am plump enough to prove it and I intellectually know better. Interesting if the thought about the charkra is true and would this put into question that there may be similar configurations of nerves in the other chakras as well. My first thought was to all the people having the surgery for weight control but I don't think they remove the stomach just bypass it. Fascinating concept.
RE: "Second brain"
As a 'mainstream' scientist, with I hope an open mind, I do get sick of 'scientists' or even more often, so called 'science correspondents' for newspapers, dragging up old news that only has value in its readership grab, or as a lever for screwing yet another research grant out of their parent body.
That there is a collection of nerve cells in the stomach region, has, as said above, been known for many many years, It is just that, a localised collection of nerve cells for carrying out local autonomous/automatic actions.
By no means can this clump of cells be called a 'brain'.
Leo