system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Can the brain function if some nonessential parts get removed?How?
gpt
Brains are elastic and their substance can be reallocated to different uses, to a point. Severe damage can be worked around. The internet is an analogue. If the US was removed from the internet due to a catastrophic event, traffic could route around it and the whole would continue in a functional but diminished capacity.