Peter Attia· MD
in reality all of the anatomy is redundant and parallel at least for example we have bilateral symmetry you know everybody knows we have two hands two legs two eyes we probably could have done it with one eye but the way the system works is that it creates redundancy and in for example this circulatory system is the same you have parallel blood vessels where you can get the blood from one point to another in more than one way and of course when you sit when you put your elbow down you can compress a blood vessel but there is still another route that can be used it's like coming from the University to the downtown area you have many options to get from one point to the other so in the brain this is maximized to its extreme is an organ is specialized for this large amount of communications in other words having so many highways and avenues where information can go through so in that sense differs from other organs where you have a pattern that repeats itself and the redundancy is only on that pattern here in the brain the redundancy is combined with the acquisition of new networks or circuit auctions there are not possible if you only have one design so you have multiple designs