Fox News: Critical of Civil Servants, or Actually Reporting News?

Actual CT scan of man's brain

From a real science web site:

"The images were most unusual... the brain was virtually absent," he said.

The patient's medical history showed that at the age of six months, he suffered hydrocephalus, also called water on the brain, and needed an operation to drain this dangerous buildup of spinal fluid.

Neuropsychological testing revealed the man had an IQ of 75, with a verbal IQ of 84 and performance IQ of 70. The bulk of people in society have a minimum IQ of 85, although the benchmark and the way it is measured are sometimes contested.

Despite this, "the man has been able to lead a life that can be considered normal," said Feuillet. "Even if he has a slight intellectual handicap, this has not hampered his development or building social networks."

At first, I thought Fox was having a play at the old "Civil Servant Gets Brain Scanned; Nothing Found" gag. Guess not. . . .


from thelunarsociety.