Cow and Boy Classics by Mark Leiknes for January 18, 2014
January 17, 2014
January 19, 2014
Transcript:
"I heard that we only use 10 percent of our brains." "I want to make it my life's mission to use more of my brain. 10 percent is not enough. I won't be happy until I'm at least in the low 30's." KRRAKA!! "Maybe we just concentrate on getting that 10 percent back." "I'd be happy with eight."
IQTech61 over 10 years ago
And that is why scientists know that the idea that we only use 10% of our brain is completely false. Like most urban legends, the lie won’t die.
One source of refutation: Studies of brain damage: If 90% of the brain is normally unused, then damage to these areas should not impair performance. Instead, there is almost no area of the brain that can be damaged without loss of abilities. Even slight damage to small areas of the brain can have profound effects.
OldestandWisest over 10 years ago
Billy wasn’t the one who walked under the branch….