2007-06-26 21:46:42 · 5 answers · asked by mdpdevas 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Well, if we only use a small percentage of our computer memory with a small application? Why do we expand it? Becuase you need memory for other applications that are not being acessed at that certain time.
We only use about 10% of our brain on average. But we always are accesing different areas of our brain. Such as when we read, we are accesing the optical lobe, alongside with the parietial lobe. And when we are riding a bike, we are using totally different areas which allow balance. When we smell or taste, we are accessing the thalamus. So if you consider it. If we were using 100% of our brain, we would be doing over 1,000 things.
2007-06-26 22:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by Luke 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do use only a smaller fraction of our brain's capacity. We don't yet know how much the full capacity is, for many have not been there.
But that we have a big capacity, and yet use only a small fraction of it, is not a waste. It only shows that we have the 'potential' to continually adapt to our challenging environment and evolve, in the process of which we make use of our extra reserve. Perhpas for the world we are in now, we need only a small portion of our mind.... Some ppl have telepatic power, for example. That is present in all of us. Let's say if a time comes where we all need that power, then we would start somehow 'activating' our reserve
2007-06-27 05:07:28 · answer #2 · answered by bisrat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you're talking about the "we only use 10% of our brains" thing, that's a bit of a garbled interpretation. at any given moment we are only using 10% of our brain, but the next moment we are using a different 10%. we do have a use for all of the brain, but there's not enough energy supply i suppose to power everything at once, nor is it necessary. the brain is not like a computer, which runs at full tilt even when there's nothing to calculate.
2007-06-27 04:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just an urban legend. Contrary to anecdotal evidence (and some of my family reuinions), humans do indeed use all of their brain.
2007-06-27 04:56:42 · answer #4 · answered by Rob B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
clearly because bigger is better.
2007-06-28 23:21:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋