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by Jenda_ 938 days ago
> I'm not so sure. I mean obviously this is very complicated and we still know very little of the brain.

At least, there are people who have lost most of their gut due to disease or trauma, and their human intelligence is still working unharmed. You may say it is needed for development of the brain, but it does not seem to be needed for function once at least partially developed.