They are so unreasonably effective for being, fundamentally, word predictors.
As do I.
I also nearly died myself about 2 years ago. Appendicitis of all things. Unusual presentation. I didn't see it. Surgeons didn't see it. Gastroenterologists didn't see it. Ultrasounds were inconclusive. I couldn't believe it when I saw the CT scan. I underwent surgery. Twice. The infection would not go away despite 5 intravenous antibiotics 24/7. They wanted to operate a third time and I became convinced I would die if I went under the knife again. Then they somehow managed to fly in an interventional radiologist who found and drained a few abscesses. 40 days I was at the hospital.
I feel so grateful to be alive.
a lot of the 'magic' around being human evaporates when you have to quantify the 'worth' of any particular organ
untangling this closed-source blob always reveals secrets: 2023 just had an update to anatomy! https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/newly-discovered-a...