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by Farmall on June 26th, 2006
Scientist only use 10% of their brain.
by prustage on June 23rd, 2006
No scientist has ever said we only use 10% of our brains. Scientists, on the other hand have gone to great lengths on various websites, books, articles and interviews to state quite clearly that this is a popular myth and is a belief that has never been held by science.
It is believed that the first use of the expression was in a newspaper commercial for the Rosicrucian society where it appeared alongside a picture of Albert Einstein implying that he said or endorsed this view - he didnt. After that it has been taken up by various get-rich-quick organisations peddling mind training exercises, intelligence boosters and new-age self-help techniques.
Ask yourself: If you honestly believed that would you be happy for a surgeon to take 90% of your brain away?
by Jenniferocious on June 12th, 2006
I think you're right on with that one! We only get to use the 10% because aliens have devised a way to use our brain matter for data storage. Thats why some people recall being abducted by aliens... really what happened is that the aliens' long-distance data retrieval device went haywire and they needed the data from their brains, so they had to come and pick them up for a quick download. Unfortunately the only direct access the aliens have to our brains is through the use of a rectal probe... that does explain all the stories...
by ersatzsemblance on August 11th, 2006
From what I remember from watching the Discovery Channel one night: Humans use 100% of their brain, just not all at once. Most scientists agree that we use approx. 15% of our brain all at once.
by Beverlyofhills on July 7th, 2006
Acutally, it was Einstein, who asserted that we only use 10% of our brains as opposed to scientists, in general.
Secondly, aliens would NOT need 90% of our brains because they only exist in movies and in our own imaginations.
by Nulinvoid on September 4th, 2006
Actually, the other 90% is there to serve as virtual memory. If it weren't there we would be locking up all the time and would have been born with three buttons on us [cntrl]+[alt]+[delete].
It wasn't Einstein it was Bill Gates.
Actually:
Einstein did say we only use 10% of our brain. I read it on the internet so it's a fact for sure!
by iwnit on November 8th, 2008
"Humans use only 10% or less of their brain" is a common misconception:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_misconceptions_about_the_brain
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/pdf/tenper.pdf
Source:
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4352098
by Answers101 on July 2nd, 2006
Since aliens don't exist, then the other 90% will be used for something else.
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This question & answer was hysterical! I laughed so hard, I peed my pants!
by Answers101 on July 2nd, 2006
Bev laugh at answer! HA, hA! FUNNY!
by Beverlyofhills on July 7th, 2006
hahah you two are idiots hahahah
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Lol that is gold :)
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