Is it true we only you 10% of our brain?

Question

I ask this as I'm very spiritual and am practising telekinsethis but don't seem to be getting anywhere at all, I wondered it this is part of the free 90% left that we are supposed to use to carry out our wishes.

Answer 1

No it's rubbish- we use 100% of our brain but not all at the same time. Although the first answer shows that some people don't use any of their brain sometimes.


Edit- I'll tell you I'd love to know how you thumbs down bastard's brains work. What a collection of arseholes inhabit this board.

Answer 2

This was another question posted on this service identical to yours, this was the wining answer........
It's a myth, a very pervasive one, that we only use a few percentage of our brain. Actually, we use almost all of it-just not at once. Seeing colors, balancing on a tightrope, chewing gum, writing, having a conversation, feeling emotional when a pet or person died, all use different parts of the brain-just not at once. Look at the anatomy of the brain, there are different parts for different things. Because the brain uses tiny electricals current to fire neurotransmitters, using parts that are close together actually "interfere" just like two radio stations. That is why some things are difficult to do-like driving and talking on a cell phone.

Answer 3

I cannot tell you what the other 90% of our brain can do, because I have no access to it.

What is amazing is that people like Einstein was able to do what he did with only 10% of his brain. lol

I find it interesting that people say we write over old stuff with new stuff and then we cannot access the old stuff.

Has anyone ever known a person with alzheimer's?

They cannot remember things that happened 10 minutes ago, but they can remember every detail of their early childhood. Some cannot even remember getting married, having kids, watching their kids get married; but they can remember when they were teenagers or when they were six-years-old.

grace2u

Answer 4

I doubt very much if anybody can accurately measure just how much of the brain is used by any given person. It is better to presume that we are not optimizing the use of our brains. We ought to keep expanding our mental horizons about things that are of the essence, deepen our knowledge about things that truly matter, pursue brain exercises and activities that challenge our minds. These should be done in conjunction with the development of other equally important aspects of life: social, psychological, emotional, spiritual, physical.

The final word: It is not so much what percent of the brain is being used but for what purpose it is used. It is better to use 10% of our brain to do good, than 90% to do evil.

Answer 5

No this is not true, doctors only know what about 10 percent of your brain does the rest they don't have a clue but that doesn't mean that it isn't being used except with certain individuals it is obvious that they don't use their brain at all.

Answer 6

averaged over the population there are probably a few that skew the data this way and that. Usage of the brain statistically is similar to usage of the muscular system, many to most people use most of it, some use less of it, and often that less usage has a very specific and known cause, some clever bugs have sensory connections to rarely used muscles which allow them to do unusual things like twitch their noses or ears or flex certain muscles with precision, and on the other extreme there are particular physiological abilities that are phenomenally divided, like tongue rolling.

If you play with statistics like these you can get them to say whatever you like, but the empirical facts are that generally the whole brain eventually engages over the course of your life, for one thing or another. There is, however, always the possibility of unlocated, untapped potential in each individual.

Answer 7

No it's not. We're starting to understand the brain more today and we understand it works as a system and pretty much of the brain is being used (maybe not well, or it's full potential!). It's not strictly categorised in there! So wish all your wants, only your actions will make the difference!

Answer 8

No, it's a lie based on a misunderstanding from years ago. We actually use 100% of our brains. Unless you're religious and then it's debatable whether you use your brain at all.

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that we use only 10% of our brains.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html

Answer 9

I was utterly certain I could move the television in my bedroom by the power of telekinesis alas despite my absolute unqestioned conviction of my ability to do so the darned thing didn't move at all. Belief alone is not enough to suceed at telekinesis.

I have a lingusitic background and some sounds can only be learned and told apart form other similar sounds by babies under the age of approx 18 months.

If telekinesis ever becomes a reality i belive we will develop the skill in our first few months and this will require evidence of the skill in our culture.

give it 5000 years and maybe, Dude.

Buff.

Answer 10

This is misleading. The exact figure varies from "expert" to "expert". But it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that the rest of our "unused" brain might not be meant to be used, or might be being used in a different way. We have evolved, as a species, to dominate our environment and thus there is no need for further intellectual evolution. Humans now have the innate intelligence to get everything right, it's just that circumstances screw our heads up.
Human brains are probably as efficient now as they are likely to be. The "extra" unused brain is probably "ballast" or "insulation" which provides our consciousness with protection against the total information intake that our sub-conscious has. I doubt that the "unused" brain capacity will have any relation to telekinesis. If such a thing exists it is more likely to be related to the known 10% (or whatever % is actually is).

Answer 11

Nope, each part of the brain has a specific function for example the occipital lobe controls hearing(if I'm correct), the cortex is where thought happens, the cerebellum is were our reflexes(heartbeat breathing) and basic instincts originate. therefore nope we use 100% but 10% at a time otherwise we would have a epileptic seizure.