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SMELL
TOUCH
SLEEP
SIGHT HEARING MOVEMENT
BALANCE
SPEECH
TASTE
In order for us to lead healthy lives, billions of connections have to have been
established in our brains, without the slightest defect. Any interruption or er-
ror in these connections may lead to various diseases or handicaps. In order
for this design to come about in the human embryo, formed by the division
and multiplication of a single cell, each cell must be in the right place. The
right connections must be established between them, and they must all be
kept in a structure that will preserve them. None of these stages takes place
without conscious direction and planning.
Finally, since a network of neurons that will constitute the brain is also re-
quired, each cell acquires a different structure according to its function. In or-
der for this network to be interconnected, it needs a system that can perform
many tasks at the same time.
