Has anyone been born without a brain?

Has anyone been born without a brain?
Yes, it’s called hydranencephaly.

The creepiest part is that you can shine a light through the babies skull because there’s no brain tissue present:

You know that old gesture where you knock in the air, as if knocking on someone’s skull and saying, “Hello? Anyone home?”

Well, in this case, they aren’t:

See all that dark space?

Not much is happening there. This condition happens in about 1 in 5,000 pregnancies and typically results in death within minutes of the child being born (many of these pregnancies are terminated or miscarried).

The brain does far more than thinking. It runs the whole ship. And if nothing is there, everything breaks down.

The spots where there should be a brain are instead filled with spinal fluid.

It’s no bueno.

As horrible as this is, I am actually glad that the child passes almost immediately. This wouldn’t be a way to live anyways.