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10% of Brain Usage Myth
    #7407315 - 09/14/07 01:13 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Those that believe in this oft-repeated myth may in fact be evidence that some humans truly do not fully utilize their brains.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7407353 - 09/14/07 01:25 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Yeah i don't get how this got started.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7407374 - 09/14/07 01:32 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Maybe you should apply for a job on Myth Busters.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: Salvia_Antics]
    #7407378 - 09/14/07 01:34 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

To the best of my knowledge it has to do with the fact that at any given time, no more than 10% of your neurons fire at once. Of course, if it were higher, one would not be smarter, but would be in seizure.

I always use the V8 analogy. Only one cylinder fires at a time, but the entire engine is fully utilized.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7408293 - 09/14/07 09:32 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I could have got a V8.:sad:


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: Icelander]
    #7408359 - 09/14/07 09:52 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

the real question is, do we use 100% of our hearts?

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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: SneezingPenis]
    #7408365 - 09/14/07 09:57 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

The obvious answer is no. Still... I could have had a V8.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: Icelander]
    #7408854 - 09/14/07 12:11 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Could-a, would-a, should-a!

What a strange saying.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7410011 - 09/14/07 04:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

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10% of Brain Usage Myth




LoL, this same myth that I have heard, except we were only using 4%....
Must have gotten an upgrade over the years....(?)    :lol:


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #7410182 - 09/14/07 05:06 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

actually 10% would be peak
most people are not having that much activity in their life time.
but such a myth
can be so elegantly misinterpreted.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: PhanTomCat]
    #7410189 - 09/14/07 05:07 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I have heard that some people don't use their brain at all. And I don't think it's a myth... :yesnod:

"All or nothing" could be working here... :sherlock:


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: MushroomTrip]
    #7410266 - 09/14/07 05:26 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I always thought the 10% myth would have fit into the movie The Matrix. Instead of the stupid idea that humans give off power that would be needed along a form of nuclear fusion, why not use: the human brain is the most efficient computer known. The machines give us 10% to keep us alive and the other 90% is for their own use.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: MushroomTrip]
    #7410881 - 09/14/07 08:40 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

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I have heard that some people don't use their brain at all. And I don't think it's a myth... :yesnod:




I have heard that this is a blissful way to live....!    :tongue:


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    #7410900 - 09/14/07 08:45 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: poke smot!]
    #7411082 - 09/14/07 09:42 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Yes, you're right, the myth did arise from the late 19th century discovery of glial cells, which outnumber neurons 10 to 1. Here's a great article about just how busy glial cells actually are:

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/brain/mg14119114.000


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: Seuss]
    #7428968 - 09/19/07 04:43 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

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I always thought the 10% myth would have fit into the movie The Matrix. Instead of the stupid idea that humans give off power that would be needed along a form of nuclear fusion, why not use: the human brain is the most efficient computer known. The machines give us 10% to keep us alive and the other 90% is for their own use.





Maybe they do, but they just didn't mention it.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: suave]
    #7428975 - 09/19/07 04:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

:what:


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7429071 - 09/19/07 05:09 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

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Only one cylinder fires at a time, but the entire engine is fully utilized.




Incorrect. Some v8s fire 2 cylinders at once. :tongue2:


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: Kinematics]
    #7429246 - 09/19/07 05:52 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Interesting.

Glad you brought this up, I was thinking about this just maybe yesterday.


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Re: 10% of Brain Usage Myth [Re: stellar renegade]
    #7429497 - 09/19/07 06:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

great topic.  does anyone have a link to a site that actually debunks the myth in plain english?  I would love to show this to a few people that are CONSTANTLY quoting this crap.  I'd like it to stop  :smile:


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