Frank Goad
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that we only use 10% of our brains?
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Is it true...
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Terry Sampson
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Some manage to get by using less.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
No. It's an old myth that needs to properly die.
Yep...we lost a lot in Eden.....including our intellectual capacity.
We have storage capacity for many lifetimes in our brains and yet we barely get to use a small percentage of it.
When we see the genius of servants, we can understand that our brains can do so much more than our present condition allows.
No, we don't, it's a myth, there is zero evidence for that idea
The brain takes up a lot of energy to function
Having a big energy consuming brain but only ever using 10% of its capacity would be very inefficient and all animals have evolved to be as efficient as possible so I can't imagine it happening!
Frank Goad
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See post #4
Frank Goad
Well-Known Member
That is not what I was asking.I made a post right above yours that I would like you to answer.
This was a question the twins were asked to research for science class a few weeks ago.
All the data indicates that we use 100% of our brain
The 10% idea is a 19th century gimmick to sell self help books. And was played to its limit in the 20th century self improvement advertising by the likes of Dale Carnegie and uri gellers attempt to explain spoon bending.
So basically a ploy to sucker the gullible. And its still working
All the data indicates that we use 100% of our brain
The 10% idea is a 19th century gimmick to sell self help books. And was played to its limit in the 20th century self improvement advertising by the likes of Dale Carnegie and uri gellers attempt to explain spoon bending.
So basically a ploy to sucker the gullible. And its still working
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Perhaps I can have a computer with 256 GB RAM (at the moment 4 GB, and normally even that is not fully used). If not used, it will lie dormant without using any additional energy.
It is not locked. It is available, but we do not need to use all of it. That is what 'reserve' means. Additional capacity in case of need.What if science could unlock the other 90% one day?
We have a 100 billion. Loss of 100,000 a day is significant but not really incapacitating. We have enough to last for 2739.7 years. Simple maths.
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Actually, evolution works on a "good enough" model. Organisms, including ourselves, are full of inefficiencies. Any first year engineering student could make considerable improvements, but evolution can only tweak existing features. It can't make major redesigns.
As for "10%," it was an observation that some people seem much smarter, more accomplished or more successful than others. As people had figured out at the time that the brain was the seat of intelligence, someone remarked offhand that most people seem to use only 10% of it.
The remark made good copy.
There were no brain imaging technologies at the time. We know today that, barring a stroke or tumor, all of the brain is active.
Some people are just 90% cleverer or better educated than others.
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Milton Platt
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No. Debunked long ago. It's an easy google.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Yet strangely and perhaps ironically, the brain has been shown to work on very little matter considering there had been exceptional cases of note of a man having only 10% of brain matter , but still living a normal life.
Meet The Man Who Lives Normally With Damage to 90% of His Brain
julianalexander745
Active Member
Lol wow.
What if science could unlock the other 90% one day?
Do you think that is even possible?
Sorry I PM you Deeje.I forgot I could just reply to you instead.
Sorry Frank, I missed this comment.
Science is only just tapping the surface in its understanding of the human brain and it’s capabilities. Because our entire organism is genetically flawed by sin, I doubt that science will be able to unlock its full capacity....and if they did, would it be beneficial?
When God caused a confusing of human language at Babel, to prevent humans from implementing their own plans in opposition to him, (Genesis ch 11) he said something interesting.....
“Then Jehovah went down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men had built. 6 Jehovah then said: “Look! They are one people with one language, and this is what they have started to do. Now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be impossible for them. 7 Come! Let us go down there and confuse their language in order that they may not understand one another’s language.”
So humans may possess the capacity to do many things that God never intended for them to do, having placed those things in his own jurisdiction in this world ruled by Satan. (1 John 5:19) Think of what was accomplished by splitting the atom! We now have nuclear weapons that can exterminate all life on this planet.
Humans cannot be trusted to put their knowledge and abilities to good use.....an evil use always seems to develop.