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Kevin Owens

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I'm sure you've all heard the old saying that we only use 10% of our brains. Karl Lashley performed some experiments on rats in the 1920s that started this saying.. Lashley removed large areas of the cerebral cortex in rats and found that these animals could still relearn specific tasks after removing 90% of the cerebral cortex. Thus, he concluded that rat's only used 10% of their brain. Somehow, it got inferred that humans only use 10% of their brains, and for some reasons it's stuck. Last time I checked, I'm not a rat, and neither are you. So stop claiming that we only use 10% of our brains. Thanks.

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Actually a human can survive (and even function normally) without some 90% of cerebrum (the big squishy bit) missing.

 

I think the urban myth is that we use 10% of our possible brain power, but I'm not how or if that's been proved

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Actually a human can survive (and even function normally) without some 90% of cerebrum (the big squishy bit) missing.

 

I think the urban myth is that we use 10% of our possible brain power, but I'm not how or if that's been proved

-Bzzzt-

 

Look up a definition of a stroke. A stroke just causes a small amount of damage to the brain, but look at the catastrophic effect it has.

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Actually a human can survive (and even function normally) without some 90% of cerebrum (the big squishy bit) missing.

 

I think the urban myth is that we use 10% of our possible brain power, but I'm not how or if that's been proved

-Bzzzt-

 

Look up a definition of a stroke. A stroke just causes a small amount of damage to the brain, but look at the catastrophic effect it has.

A stroke is when the brain doesn't get enough oxygen or suger or any of the other stuff the blood delivers. It's basically pins and needles only a lot more serious because it's in the part of you that controls the rest of you

 

People have been born with 90% of their cerebrum missing and they do fine

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We only know what 10% of our brains does.

 

But there are people with a half a brain to a small chunk of brain matter and brain stem that live normal lives and you wouldn't have any idea That they are missing some of their brain.

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But there are people with a half a brain to a small chunk of brain matter and brain stem that live normal lives and you wouldn't have any idea That they are missing some of their brain.

 

Man, chalk up one more on my list of Things That Could Be Wrong With Me Behind The Curtains.

Thanks dude. Just what I needed.

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But there are people with a half a brain to a small chunk of brain matter and brain stem that live normal lives and you wouldn't have any idea That they are missing some of their brain.

 

Man, chalk up one more on my list of Things That Could Be Wrong With Me Behind The Curtains.

Thanks dude. Just what I needed.

The small chunk of brain matter or half a brain is not natural, it's an operation thing.

 

So really it should be a list of..

 

"Dude that guy without brain is possible better than me" list

 

 

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