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If human brains could be made larger, how much smarter could we become? And is there a practical limit to brain size?
Marc Evans
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Making the human brain bigger might sound like a straightforward way to boost intelligence, but it’s more complicated than that.
Intelligence isn’t just about size – it is also about things like how densely packed our neurons are and how well they are connected, as well as the brain’s structure and how efficiently it operates. There are also practical limits to increasing brain size.
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