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Brian Sandle (Brian_Sandle@equinox.gen.nz) wrote:
: : Mary Lacroix (mlacroix@interlog.com) wrote:
: : 
: : : "So far some 70 individuals between 5 and 18 years of age were
: : : found to have gross or extreme hydrocephalus with virtually no 
: : : neopallium who are, nevertheless, intellectually and physically
: : : normal, several of whom may be considered brilliant. The most
: : : striking example is a young man of 21 with congenital
: : : hydrocephalus for which he had no treatment, who gained a
: : : university degreee in economics and computer studies with
: : : first class honours, with an apparent absence of neopallium.
: : : There are individuals with IQs of over 130 who in infancy had
: : : virtually no brain and some who even in early adult life have
: : : very little neopallium" (J. Lorber, "Is your brain really
: : : necessary?" Archives of Disease in Childhood 53 (10): 834FF, 1978).
: : 

: I've added talk.euthanasia to the groups. Does no brain waves really mean no
: useful life? Do the virtually no-brain people have brain waves? Should we
: euthanase people with no brain waves?

Lorber doesn't say these people had "no brain" -- he says "in infancy had 
virtually no brain" and "in early adult life had very little neopallium." 
The implication is that this subsequently changed somehow.

I think it's a little too soon for your questions. Can someone with 
access to Lorber's work please let us know how he backs up his rather 
surprising assertions? 

--
Maybe we should require you to file an environmental impact statement 
before each and every one of your trolls, and hold public hearings.
                                          --  Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan

