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BomberGal said:
Haha. What.

Not the ones I know. And I am one.
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If your brain cells were working, I'm pretty sure that you would know that there should be a question mark after 'What'. :cool:
 

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BomberGal said:
Haha. What.

Not the ones I know. And I am one.
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Not a very good one it seems. If it is the case that we use 100% percent of our brain capacity then the ability to learn new things would be impossible, how can we add to something that is already working at 100%. Is that not the question the OP posed? Do we use 100% of our brain?

I know he is talking more about direct intelligence but you made an comment that I was wrong & that you are a scientist thus inferring you know more then all of us.

Interesting comment I found regarding the subject:

In The Brain Book, Peter Russell writes: “The more that is learned about the human brain, the more its capacities and potentials are found to go far beyond earlier speculations.”
In regard to memory, for instance, our brain has an enormous capacity. “Memory is not like a container that gradually fills up,” says Russell, “it is more like a tree growing hooks onto which the memories are hung. Everything you remember is another set of hooks on which more new memories can be attached. So the capacity of memory keeps on growing. The more you know, the more you can know.

Does that sound like 100% to you?
 
Crimson Azure said:
Not a very good one it seems. If it is the case that we use 100% percent of our brain capacity then the ability to learn new things would be impossible, how can we add to something that is already working at 100%. Is that not the question the OP posed? Do we use 100% of our brain?

I know he is talking more about direct intelligence but you made an comment that I was wrong & that you are a scientist thus inferring you know more then all of us.

Interesting comment I found regarding the subject:

In The Brain Book, Peter Russell writes: “The more that is learned about the human brain, the more its capacities and potentials are found to go far beyond earlier speculations.”
In regard to memory, for instance, our brain has an enormous capacity. “Memory is not like a container that gradually fills up,” says Russell, “it is more like a tree growing hooks onto which the memories are hung. Everything you remember is another set of hooks on which more new memories can be attached. So the capacity of memory keeps on growing. The more you know, the more you can know.

Does that sound like 100% to you?
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Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

I was actually discussing this with my boss today - just by coincidence, he brought it up - and he thinks it's actually the most ridiculous statement. Do you define it as 10% of neurons? 10% of mass? 10% of tissues? Regions? Does it mean a 10 year old uses that, or a 30 year old, or an 80 year old? Are you awake or asleep? Are you watching TV or doing a maths exam?

Just because you don't have the memories now, doesn't mean those cells aren't operating. Of course we can always 'use more' of our brain, but what does that mean? Does it mean use more efficiently? It certainly can't mean use 'at all', because I assure you, those cells aren't just sitting around doing nothing. If a cell in your body was sitting around doing nothing it would pretty much die. I mean really if only 10% of your brain were working, at all, I think it's not just the cells that would die, but you. (In this regard, yes, it's 100%.)

Potential to use more of your brain doesn't mean using a 'higher percentage'. Think higher efficiency. You learn more, you can use your brain better, and the better you use your brain, the more you can learn. Neuron plasticity is an exciting field of research and science is constantly finding out new ways the brain can develop and continues to develop throughout life. (Asking if you can 'add' to 100% demonstrates that you should probably look up the way the brain develops and changes, as well as neurological connections - a cocaine addiction is a new pathway, for example, that has been added to existing pathways.) It doesn't mean we're only using 10% of it now, and definitely not 1%. It's just stupid.

I have heard one interesting idea that the original statement referred to 10% of neurons firing at any one time (you wouldn't want 100% of neurons going!), but who knows. This could be tested fairly 'easily'. Whoever made the original statement probably didn't plan in it resulting in this propagation of uneducated ideas.

Think about this: in order to learn, that part of the brain must be working in the first place. Otherwise you wouldn't learn.

Also, if you say we can't be at 100% because then we'd never learn, then we can't be at 10% - because what's it 10% of? If there's 10%, it implies that there is a 100% - and THAT implies there is a maximum capacity!
 
Surely there's a big difference between using 100% of the brain (which as BG said, it's always being used) and reaching 100% of your learning capabilities. There's no limit to what you can learn, but that doesn't meaning you're not using all of your brain power.
 

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