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Where did Albert Einstein's brain go?
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:43 am
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:43 am
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Things I learned from reading this article:
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy, Dr Thomas Harvey, had gone further than simply identifying the cause of death - a burst aorta. He had sawed open Einstein's cranium and removed its celebrated contents.
- Without Einstein's permission
- Kept pieces parts in mason jars
- Passed some out here and there to other people / scientists
- Dr. Harvey's life went south (lost job, failed marriage, worked at factory to make ends meet end of life). I bet time moved slow in factory (E=MC^2)!
Einstein's brain had some unique anatomical features:
- Toward low end of brain weight as compared to human avg brain weight
- had more so-called glial cells for every neuron, compared to a control group of brains. Glial cells - which get their name from the Greek for "glue" - fix neurons into place and keep them supplied with oxygen and nutrients. In previous research on rats, Diamond had shown that a stimulating environment can lead to an increase in glial cell count. Perhaps the low ratio of neurons to glial cells in Einstein's brain sample reflected a life devoted to the biggest and most stimulating scientific puzzles?
- the number of neurons was equivalent to brains in a control group, but they were more tightly packed, allowing, perhaps, for faster processing of information.
- Einstein's inferior parietal lobule - the part of the brain responsible for spatial cognition and mathematical thought - was wider than normal, and seemed better integrated.
- extra ridge on his mid-frontal lobe, the part used for making plans and working memory. Most people have three ridges but Einstein had four.
- Einstein's unusual corpus callosum, the bundle of fibres connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The researchers found Einstein's was thicker than in control groups, suggesting enhanced co-operation between brain hemispheres.
But these brainiacs land indecisive...
The question arises: Are these features that Einstein developed throughout a life devoted to higher thought, or was he born with them?
My conclusions:
- May your end of life wishes re your body be fulfilled, unlike Einstein's
- Selfish acts (Dr. Harvey) do not go unnoticed (Einstein's ghost?)
- May you have a long life, like one near a black hole (Thanks, Einstein!). In so doing, may one of you figure out why brainiacs cannot solve cause/effect here?
Good read!
Things I learned from reading this article:
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy, Dr Thomas Harvey, had gone further than simply identifying the cause of death - a burst aorta. He had sawed open Einstein's cranium and removed its celebrated contents.
- Without Einstein's permission
- Kept pieces parts in mason jars
- Passed some out here and there to other people / scientists
- Dr. Harvey's life went south (lost job, failed marriage, worked at factory to make ends meet end of life). I bet time moved slow in factory (E=MC^2)!
Einstein's brain had some unique anatomical features:
- Toward low end of brain weight as compared to human avg brain weight
- had more so-called glial cells for every neuron, compared to a control group of brains. Glial cells - which get their name from the Greek for "glue" - fix neurons into place and keep them supplied with oxygen and nutrients. In previous research on rats, Diamond had shown that a stimulating environment can lead to an increase in glial cell count. Perhaps the low ratio of neurons to glial cells in Einstein's brain sample reflected a life devoted to the biggest and most stimulating scientific puzzles?
- the number of neurons was equivalent to brains in a control group, but they were more tightly packed, allowing, perhaps, for faster processing of information.
- Einstein's inferior parietal lobule - the part of the brain responsible for spatial cognition and mathematical thought - was wider than normal, and seemed better integrated.
- extra ridge on his mid-frontal lobe, the part used for making plans and working memory. Most people have three ridges but Einstein had four.
- Einstein's unusual corpus callosum, the bundle of fibres connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain. The researchers found Einstein's was thicker than in control groups, suggesting enhanced co-operation between brain hemispheres.
But these brainiacs land indecisive...
The question arises: Are these features that Einstein developed throughout a life devoted to higher thought, or was he born with them?
My conclusions:
- May your end of life wishes re your body be fulfilled, unlike Einstein's
- Selfish acts (Dr. Harvey) do not go unnoticed (Einstein's ghost?)
- May you have a long life, like one near a black hole (Thanks, Einstein!). In so doing, may one of you figure out why brainiacs cannot solve cause/effect here?
Good read!
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:57 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Anyone ever consider how strange it is that e=m*c^2 is the same formula as area of circle=pi*r^2
This post was edited on 7/27/26 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:07 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
JFK's brain disappeared.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:09 pm to Night Vision
Yea JFKs brain was on the trunk of the limo.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:16 pm to RGT
quote:
Yea JFKs brain was on the trunk of the limo.
The part that was saved after autopsy disappeared.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:18 pm to Night Vision
quote:
JFK's brain disappeared.
Richard Lipsey was at that autopsy. Is he a suspect?
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:22 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
May you have a long life, like one near a black hole (Thanks, Einstein!).
I don’t wanna go spaghetti…..
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:38 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
Without Einstein's permission
A dead man can give permisson?
Posted on 7/27/26 at 12:39 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Sir Issac Newton was smarter IMO.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 1:17 pm to UptownJoeBrown
They were both brilliant. Smarter than at least 75% of OT posters.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 1:19 pm to IamNotaRobot
quote:
Smarter than at least 75% of OT posters.
But only 60% of MT posters. Maybe less.
Posted on 7/27/26 at 1:33 pm to SECCaptain
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Anywhere ever consider how strange it is that e=m*c^2 is the same formula as area of circle=pi*r^2
Not once in my entire life
Posted on 7/27/26 at 8:21 pm to Night Vision
Where is RFKs brain, then?
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