2007-09-22 22:52:35 · 13 answers · asked by SHAW M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Good question.
Maybe as we have evolved we are actually using less of it.
The human race constantly seems to invent things that take away the need for us to think.
I suspect thousands of years ago, man used more of his brain capacity than we do now.
When I look around me, I mostly think only 1% is being used.
2007-09-22 22:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Bum Gravy. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we use only 10% of our brain this is a old tale and this hasnt been scientifically proven.
and if it has been i can explain this. think about your computer hard disk how much capacity does it has might be 80gb or more r u using all the space in your computer same way the brain is the hard disk of all the humans and we use the brian a little by little and not the whole at a time
2007-09-23 00:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Human beings are capible of being extremely intelligent. And as a whole we are very very intelligent. Look at the things we have invented and done for ourselves. The computer wasn't created by a no brain.It has a brain that was manufactured and thought up by human intelligence.I think we only use a small percentage of our brain but we are capible of so much more. Even look at a picture of a human brain. Consider how something that looks like that,actually thinks and controls us.It is unbelievable. The human brain is amazing!!
2007-09-22 23:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Forgetmenotshell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is : that we can only use 1% and 10% the most(good percentage). The number reason is: we just don't know how to utilize it.
And another reason why such mass is: to proportionately fill the space allocated for the brain and balance it.
And truly it's a great work of a Mighty Designer and Creator God, that He is the only One knows its design and complication. Amen.
2007-09-22 23:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by Ephesians 2:8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the 10% crap might be a myth? Some of the brain is on auto pilot, and work on its own, like the part that controls the breathing, and heart beating, and processes the 5 senses.
I bet that is more than 10%.
2007-09-22 22:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know we only use 10% of our brains? Is there a study that you quote where they have show that is true?
It is an old wive's tale that we only use 10% of our total mental capacity.
2007-09-22 22:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by khrome_wind 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has spare capacity so it can be ready to accept upgrades from the monoliths in the 2001: A Space Odyssey series.
2007-09-23 01:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Andyp3001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a myth long since debunked, and seems to date back to comments made over a hundred years ago. We do not use 'only 10%' of our brain!
This false claim crops up again and again, often quoted by proponents of ESP and other woo-woo stuff. Here is a link to one of the many excellent sites that utterly trash it!
http://www.csicop.org/si/9903/ten-percent-myth.html
2007-09-22 22:58:02 · answer #8 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i belive we only use 10% because that is all we have time to use, if you added 100years on to every ones average life i bet we would use more than 10%
and einstein had a really small brain but was extreemly smart, what could that be?
2007-09-22 22:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by jayneperks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its built that way so that if ever want to upgrade never have to replace the other 90% is saved for life after we leave this one
2007-09-22 22:57:43 · answer #10 · answered by jim1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋