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Posted by: Banshee Barron
Case closed.

As it should have been as soon as I posted my link.

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god damn google search i hate you barron with a passion and yet at the same time im very atracted to you

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Posted by: Tanikaze
Posted by: Banshee Barron
Case closed.

As it should have been as soon as I posted my link.


Case closed. Again.

;-)

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Posted by: Kendoboy
god damn google search i hate you barron with a passion and yet at the same time im very atracted to you


Sorry, I'm not -blam!- like Obbi. ;-)

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thats what you say now
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Posted by: Kendoboy
god damn google search i hate you barron with a passion and yet at the same time im very atracted to you


Sorry, I'm not -blam!- like Obbi. ;-)

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none of us are smart enough to know how much we use anyway so shut the fu ck up

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Posted by: TurboCircuits
You all are idiots.Humans use ALL OF THEIR BRAINS! Did you guys skip science class or something?!


You are an idiot. Humans use SPACES AFTER PUNCTUATION! Did you skip English class or something?!

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Humans can't use all of their brains. If we did, well, I wouldn't have named myself gruntinator. And I wouldn't be here. I'd be dead. Duh.

BTY: I belive humans have the capacity to think with 12% of their brains. I think that's the figure.

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Posted by: thegruntinator
Humans can't use all of their brains. If we did, well, I wouldn't have named myself gruntinator. And I wouldn't be here. I'd be dead. Duh.

BTY: I belive humans have the capacity to think with 12% of their brains. I think that's the figure.


Read those links, buddy, trust me, it might do something for you.

Even if that doesn't convince you, where the hell did you get "12%" from? Is it just me, or does that look like you pulled it out of your ass? Seriously, back up your beliefs. How do you know it's 12%? And 12 percent of what? It's proven that we use different parts of our brain for different functions. If we really only used 12%, our body would have gotten rid of the unneccessary 88% a long time ago.

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Ok, if, and this is hypothetical, we used 100% of our brains, then what would a doctor have to gain by saying we only use ten percent? How about a scientist? Why? What is so special for them to "lie" to us? My mother is a doctor. Not one of the RICH kind, but we're well to do. Why does it say, in all the medical books, that we only use 10%? For propaganda? For what!? I can understand if a supposed hypnotist said we only use 10%, read my book to use more. He has somthing to gain. I HIGHLY doubt medical books, files, and records would say we only use 10% if it was lying. And as to my other post, I was j/k about that "we use the important part". Yes, I'm sure we MAY use all of our brain over a course of time. But not all at once. Therefore, we only use 10% (or 6, whatever.)

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Posted by: ObbiQuiet
You use all of your brain. The "10%" stuff is nonsense.


Yes and no.

We do indeed use 100% of our brain -- where the misunderstanding is -- is that we only use it to 6-8 (sometimes 10-12)% of it's (supposed) potential.


This hasn't (REPEAT HAS NOT) been proven one way or the other -- and there is evidence to support both claims that we either do use 10% of our potential, or that it's a load of poppycock.

I tend to side more with the 10% potential figure simply because I feel that we're slowly devolving -- as for MRI and EEG evidence to the contrary -- that doesn't disprove anything -- Think of it as an engine with the cabability to propel a car to 300 miles per hour at peak power. Now mate that engine with a transmission that only allows the vehicle to move at 100 miles per hour. That doesn't mean the engine is running at less power, it simply means it's untapped. Our brains still work 100%, we just don't know how it works.

I use two things for evidence - Ancient Egyptians raised huge obelisks and pyramids, the Greeks constructed huge marble structures and lifted columns thousands of feet up - and yet we have no idea how -- I believe that because of the limited technology of the time, ancient cultures may have been forced to use more of that untapped potential to live with their surroundings. I surmise that the industrial age causes us to think less -- and therefore lose the ability to think as much.

I think we have 'relapses' in our thinking patterns, I.E. Deja Vu and similar 'phenomena'.

So both sides are right in my opinion.


[Edited on 11/19/2004 8:21:16 AM]

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Posted by: JohntheSpartan
Ok, if, and this is hypothetical, we used 100% of our brains, then what would a doctor have to gain by saying we only use ten percent? How about a scientist? Why? What is so special for them to "lie" to us? My mother is a doctor. Not one of the RICH kind, but we're well to do. Why does it say, in all the medical books, that we only use 10%? For propaganda? For what!? I can understand if a supposed hypnotist said we only use 10%, read my book to use more. He has somthing to gain. I HIGHLY doubt medical books, files, and records would say we only use 10% if it was lying. And as to my other post, I was j/k about that "we use the important part". Yes, I'm sure we MAY use all of our brain over a course of time. But not all at once. Therefore, we only use 10% (or 6, whatever.)


You're confusing "lie" with "mistake."

Do not take what you find in science books to be true - ever. It's all merely thought of as 'true at the time.' It's not infallable, and don't get your panties in a bunch because someone tries to show it's incorrect.

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

Questioning the truth of a 'fact' is not suggesting that it's a lie. It's merely suggesting that it could be in error.

[Edited on 11/19/2004 8:14:00 AM]

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Posted by: ObbiQuiet
You use all of your brain. The "10%" stuff is nonsense.


Yes and no.

We do indeed use 100% of our brain -- where the misunderstanding is -- is that we only use it to 6-8 (sometimes 10-12)% of it's (supposed) potential.



Yeah, which is what I was rebuking. Do we use all of our brain at any given time? No, we're always only using parts of it. But does our entire brain have a purpose that we use at one time or another? Yes. 100% is used, just not all at once.

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I edited my earlier post to elaborate more on my thoughts.

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Posted by: JohntheSpartan
Humans use approx. 6% of thier brain. if you use 10% then you are a bit above a regular genius. Albert Einstein used about 12% of his brain. also, women use BOTH sides of their brain, whilst us men only use on side.(don't worry guys, we use the important side).


Nope

Women have a larger corpus collasum, making information travel easier between the cortexes. This makes them better multitaskers

And that 10 percent stuff is nonsense. Don't make me prove it to you

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Posted by: GameJunkieJim
Posted by: ObbiQuiet
You use all of your brain. The "10%" stuff is nonsense.


Yes and no.

We do indeed use 100% of our brain -- where the misunderstanding is -- is that we only use it to 6-8 (sometimes 10-12)% of it's (supposed) potential.


This hasn't (REPEAT HAS NOT) been proven one way or the other -- and there is evidence to support both claims that we either do use 10% of our potential, or that it's a load of poppycock.

I tend to side more with the 10% potential figure simply because I feel that we're slowly devolving -- as for MRI and EEG evidence to the contrary -- that doesn't disprove anything -- Think of it as an engine with the cabability to propel a car to 300 miles per hour at peak power. Now mate that engine with a transmission that only allows the vehicle to move at 100 miles per hour. That doesn't mean the engine is running at less power, it simply means it's untapped. Our brains still work 100%, we just don't know how it works.

I use two things for evidence - Ancient Egyptians raised huge obelisks and pyramids, the Greeks constructed huge marble structures and lifted columns thousands of feet up - and yet we have no idea how -- I believe that because of the limited technology of the time, ancient cultures may have been forced to use more of that untapped potential to live with their surroundings. I surmise that the industrial age causes us to think less -- and therefore lose the ability to think as much.

I think we have 'relapses' in our thinking patterns, I.E. Deja Vu and similar 'phenomena'.

So both sides are right in my opinion.


We have some pretty god damn good guesses about how obelisks, pyramids, and other gigantic ancient structures were built. It doesn't take a more powerful machine to construct ramps and pulleys, you know.

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Posted by: MakaVeli4LIfe1
Posted by: JohntheSpartan
Humans use approx. 6% of thier brain. if you use 10% then you are a bit above a regular genius. Albert Einstein used about 12% of his brain. also, women use BOTH sides of their brain, whilst us men only use on side.(don't worry guys, we use the important side).


Nope

Women have a larger corpus collasum, making information travel easier between the cortexes. This makes them better multitaskers


"Men only use one side of the brain."

Even with five minutes of looking at each brain function and location you learn that this is false. Hilarious. It's claims like that that make me love the intraweb.

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We have some pretty god damn good guesses about how obelisks, pyramids, and other gigantic ancient structures were built. It doesn't take a more powerful machine to construct ramps and pulleys, you know.

Yeah, I was watching a special on that a few years back. A group of scientists were trying to raise blocks, using only what they had back then. It was difficult mainly because 1) they might have been under-staffed and 2) scientists don't have the physical abilities of, lets say, a slave that's been working for his entire life.

But they basically had a few ideas of how it would be possible.

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I only use 10% of my brain. The rest died a long time ago.

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Posted by: stosh
I only use 10% of my brain. The rest died a long time ago.


It was suicide.

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It is a common fact now.
It is like having a house with people inside. Sure you can fill it up to 100% capacity but I am not sure many of you would like to live in that situation not to mention how unefficient it will be. The brain uses curently less then 6% for many reasons but mainly because there is a long term benefit to using only a small percentage. Do you ever wonder how it is that we all can store so much memory?

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Posted by: Irony
It is a common fact now.
It is like having a house with people inside. Sure you can fill it up to 100% capacity but I am not sure many of you would like to live in that situation not to mention how unefficient it will be. The brain uses curently less then 6% for many reasons but mainly because there is a long term benefit to using only a small percentage. Do you ever wonder how it is that we all can store so much memory?


You'd do well to read the thread.

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Posted by: JohntheSpartan
Humans use approx. 6% of thier brain. if you use 10% then you are a bit above a regular genius. Albert Einstein used about 12% of his brain. also, women use BOTH sides of their brain, whilst us men only use on side.(don't worry guys, we use the important side).


Not true. Musical instruments need both sides of the brain to be played.

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