10% of our brains.

lah214

Some people say that we only use 10% of our brains. Is this true? If it is, is it even possible to use 100% of your brain?

christianjb

No- it's not true. I'm sure Snopes has a page on this.

lah214

ohh, thanks, ill check

Chi Meson

Yes they do.
http://snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp
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lah214

haha yeah, I just read it. I also read about all the disney rumors. It was so dissapointing, almost none of them are true!

Chi Meson

Yeah, but consider the source. Have you heard the rumor about Snopes?
http://xkcd.com/250/

Jimmy Snyder

I'm pretty sure I've used up 100% of my brain.

jostpuur

When I'm supposed to study, but get stuck on youtube, I think I'm using 0% of my brains.

Mallignamius

Here's a pretty thorough discussion about it:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=121732

and

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=226

and

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=3257

lah214

Haha, actually my physics teacher informed me about snopes.

andrewj

i used 10% of my brain once but im mostly firing on 5%

Invictious

Sorry...but I only have 10% of a brain..