what is the probabilty of being able to use 100% of your brain?

Answer 1

That's an interesting question.
If u analyze only theoretical aspects, then no part of brain remains idle permanently. Each & every brain-cell contributes in equally efficient manner to make our brain the most vital part of our nervous system.
But if u've used the phrase "using brain" in order to mean "applying intelligence" -- then I would say it depends on various factors & the most important factor among them is 'practice'. By statistically recorded data -- men involved in scientific works, or those who r in intelligence bureau have comparatively higher IQ level than other common people. I don't know if u've a habit of playing chess or solving puzzles etc. regularly - if u've then u know the effect evidently. But 100% IQ, I guess it's impossible.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Popular theory states that we only use about 15% of our brain.
Human brains have actually decreased in size over the past 10's or thousands of years. Maybe our brains are becoming more efficient and do not use the extra capacity at the moment and will continue to shrink as time goes by. Maybe the guys who are analysing the brain are not proficient are we do use 100% although they have not monitored it yet.

Answer 4

I imagine quite low, how much do we use now? isnt it about 10% or something silly, after all these years of human exhistence. But on the other hand our knowlwdge of the brain since the early nineties has expanded an awfull lot, so I certainly believe with more scientific advances we may be able to use more of our brain. To answer your question though i reckon its a long shot at about 1% or less probability

with regards to SAN's answer about mother nature being efficient and not wasting time on things not necessary. I'd bring in the example of chickens. Chickens have the ability to fly, but because they have been domesticated over thousands of years they have simply forgotten how to fly. Is it not possible that maybe we have used the other parts of our brain for something else, which we have simply forgotten about?

Answer 5

100%, there is no part of the human brain which is "mysteriously unused". The whole 10% thing was a misquote, what was actually discovered was that no more than 10% of the brain is in use *at any one time*.

Answer 6

We can use 100% of our Brain.
Many people says that we can use only 10% of our Brain.
But the principle of survivle says that if any part of our body remain unusefull for a long time than that part will be neglacted from our body.
Thus,We can use 100% of our brain if we are capable to use it.

Answer 7

The old statement we use only 10% of our brains is false. Mother nature is efficient, and she does not waste time or energy on things not required. This is particularly true for a big energy consumer like the brain.

In other words, you already use a lot of your brain (even if you don't really try).

Answer 8

Most of us are fooled by the theory that we are only using a few percent of the brain.

The state-of-the-art technology even can't figure out how the brain actually work, how can we know how many percent we are using the brain?

Answer 9

If you mean for intelligent thinking, history suggests that this is unlikely.

On the other hand, 100% of the brain is used to fill in the parts of the skull not used by eyeballs etc.

Answer 10

I think people are able to use 100% of their brains, but choose not to almost all of the time. And when they do use it all, what comes out is often complete gobbledygook.