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Newly Released Einstein Brain Photos Hint At the Anatomy of Genius
scibri writes "Photographs of Einstein's brain taken shortly after his death, but never before analysed in detail, have now revealed that it had several unusual features, providing tantalizing clues about the neural basis of his extraordinary mental abilities. The most striking observation was 'the complexity and pattern of convolutions on certain parts of Einstein's cerebral cortex,' especially in the prefrontal cortex, and also parietal lobes and visual cortex. The prefrontal cortex is important for the kind of abstract thinking that Einstein would have needed for his famous thought experiments on the nature of space and time, such as imagining riding alongside a beam of light. The unusually complex pattern of convolutions there probably gave the region a larger-than-normal surface area, which may have contributed to his remarkable abilities."
No you're not; Neil Armstrongs feet refers to not looking at the entire picture
Thinking is done primarily with the brain, confirmed by scan. Walking is not done primarily with the feet. Paralyzed from the neck down, brain still works. Paralyzed from the feet up, can't walk. Keep trying, you'll get it never.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"