alt Hacker News> "Human forebrain and hindbrain arise from distinct embryonic progenitor lineages"
I'd have never clicked that headline nor understood why this finding is important.
If you think the original headline is not "truthful" enough, at least do something like "Researchers found the reason why hindbrain cells cannot be grown in a lab and found a way to overcome it"
> not that we have "two organs" in the brain.
Depends what the definition of "organ" actually is. What speaks for different organs here is that the cells both have a different pathway from stem cells and have different evolutionary histories. That is different from other brain regions that may have separate functions but still evolved together.
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To me, this suddenly turned the discussion into a fascinating exploration and demonstration of different standards of truthfulness in marketing.
this is a great walk through the curiousity of the hindbrain: https://radiolab.org/podcast/song-of-the-cerebellum
The findings arn't exactly "new" but the medical science about it is definitely lagging current research.
> I'd have never clicked that headline nor understood why this finding is important.
Why do you think it's important?
Saying the truth and communicating well are orthogonal. You can do both.