/sci/ - Science & Math

The other 90% is devoted to not making this thread.

We don't use only 10% of our brains.

>>2639960
>implying

>>2639960
YEA WE USE SOMTHING LIKE 20%

This was debunked about 50 years ago.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp

>>2639971
>snopes
Mythbusters has more credibility than them.

>>2639979
Attack the argument, not its source, dumbass.

God now every person who sees that stupid movie will think that they are a pill away from being a genius.

>>2640002
present an argument then dumbass
are u too dumb to make your own that u have to post someone elses?

...you don't quite have your numbers straight. First of all, it's 60% "unused." However, brain cells are redundant, so in a way, we do use that other 60% involuntarily. That's why heavy laceration to the brain still doesn't result in severe brain damage.

Read Sagan's Dragon's of Eden. It will blow your mind.

>(please no trolling)
You broke your own rule OP.

like other have said, we use all of our brain, just at different times. there is one scenario that occurs naturally where 100% of our brain is firing at once, it's called a grand-mal (tonic-clonic) seizure

If you use more than 20-30% of your brain, you're most likely having a seizure. If that's what you want, there are some meds that might help...

>>2640097
>>2640085
Yeah but what if we can unlock the other parts without inducing a siezure?
Could we also unlock psychic powers?
What if those psychics were born with the other parts unlocked (without a siezure)

>>2640161
Such an obvious troll.

Most of your brain is used to control your body. An epileptic in a seizure will fire most of his motor neurons, this is what we see as a seizure. There is no part of the brain that we don't use. All parts have a function. They are organized in complex ways so that one neuron can become part of many neural networks, and thus perform different functions. Sometimes when there is a lesion, aneurysm, stroke, or some other damage to the brain, other parts can reorganize and take over some of the functionality, but there are no "secret rooms" of hidden potential.

>>2640206
I get what you're saying.
But I mean think of it like this, when we use more than 20-30%or whatever we get a seizure.
What if we can use more of it without triggering a seizure?

>>2640216
>I get what you're saying.
No. You don't.

It's not that using more than 30% triggers a seizure, but only a seizure would trigger a use of more than 30%. There is no usecase for using more than 20-30%. Try running, jumping, stick your tongue, stick your tongue in again, blink your eyes, lift your feet all at the same time. Even if you could do it it would be pointless.
There's also a question of bandwidth.

>>2640246
>There is no usecase for using more than 20-30%.
THAT WE KNOW OF.
Psychic powers would of course require more brain energy right?

We have all this unused power, why don't brain scientists work on utilizing the brain's power more?

>>2640216

try playing chess while ice skating, listening to music, reading a book, and telling a joke at the same time...

baka

>>2640265
>baka
gtfo weeaboo

>>2640264
That's funny.
psychic powers would of course violate the laws of physics. We can't have that, now can we...

>>2640264

You're brain is energy efficient
If it needs to do a task it'll activate the parts it needs and tune out the rest

>>2640282
Einstein's theory of relativity broke the laws of physics when it was invented you know.
Just because we don't know something doesn't make it impossible.

>>2640282
I don't know how you have as much patience as you do. These guys are fucking morons. You're my hero...

>>2640293
>"Einstein's theory of relativity broke[citation needed] the laws of physics when it was invented you know.

>>2640303
What about Galileo and all those other guys too?

>what if the earth went around the sun?
>NO. THAT BREAKS THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. IMPOSSIBLE!!!

>what if we found a way to safely use our brain's unused resources to do incredible things?
>NO. THAT BREAKS THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. IMPOSSIBLE!!!

>>2640293
Except we do know that FTL is impossible. Put it this way. Modern theories don't allow for things' existence. Things' existence allows for the formulation of modern theories, using science ofcourse

>>2640313
Except Einstein's Theory of Relativity didn't break Newton's Laws. Relativity presented a new way to understand the then known forces of nature.

for pulling random statistics out of our asses

>>2640315
No damn it
Einstein himself said it was possible through wormholes
We just need negative energy

>>2640337
Elaborate please?
(or link, whatever)

>>2640340
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

>>2640300
I don't mind beeing trolled.
Sometimes you can troll them back, simply by keeping your cool


It's getting late, or rather, it's getting early.
I'm gonna go and watch some animu.
have fun

>>2640351
OP here
U MAD
TROLLED HARD

Later bro, nice trollin ya ;D

We only consciously use 10% (or whatever) of our brain. The rest us devoted to keeping you alive (i.e., involuntary actions like breathing, pumping blood, blinking, etc)

>>2640361
>U MAD
No, pumpkin, I could never be mad at you.
If there's anything you would like to know, I'll be here for you, okay?

I love you!
*hugs and kisses*
(^･ω･^=)~