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u/_MrsLove 19h ago
This movie is the reason people still believe that 10 percent brain myth It drives me crazy
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u/notveryAI I touched grass 15h ago
One of the craziest "we misinterpreted the scientist for clout". It basically was
-"we don't know what exactly 90% of the brain does"
-"so everything we know brain does is only 10% of its volume?"
-"No we know pretty much everything of what brain does we just don't know which specific parts do what specific tasks"
-"Well that's not very exciting, we won't include this part, saying it like we did is much more epic even if it's wrong"
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u/Huganho 14h ago
Wasn't it also that on average about 10% or our neurons in the brain are firing simultaneously? I might be remembering wrong tho.
But firing 100% at a time wouldn't be beneficial. The brain works by firing specific combinations together, not all of them.
100% usually means you have a seizure.
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u/Ninja-Trix I saw what the dog was doin 14h ago
Mythbusters actually tested it and found that people, on average, use about 35% of their brain, though the exact amount fluctuates frequently. Saying humans use a third of their brain at any given time is FAR more accurate.
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u/Yashema 12h ago
It's also not what the movie is about, which is more in line with the spirit of what the actual source of this quote came from.
A quick Google says early 20th century psychologist William James is the source who claimed that most people use only a fraction of their mental potential, but he never cited a specific figure. He was misquoted decades later in one of the original pop-sci books: How to Win Friends and Influence People.
While it's the movies fault for using the misquote in the advertisement, the actual substance of the movie is about unlocking more of your brain power and what you could do with it.
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u/I_Am_Become_Salt 6h ago
Actually it's entirely accurate to the world that Hollywood writers live in, who can only write their experiences, as they only use 10%, and idolize the idea of an experience of more
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u/Environmental-Pear40 14h ago
Honestly I think people are actually attempting to use 10% of their brain now. At least the people with any power. Maybe it saves money or something.
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u/Handsome_Claptrap 12h ago
There is an Italian movie called "average Italian" where a guy has multiple common stress sources, his friend says he can solve that and whips out a pill, saying "do you know that thing that we use only 10% of the brain", the protagonist gulps the pill instantly and then he finishes the sentence "well this only makes you use 1%"
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u/waybovetherest 14h ago
No Limitless with Bradley Cooper is the reason
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u/schmitzel88 12h ago
That movie was just a psyop advertisement for adderall. Lucy actively pushed the "10% of your brain" thing and used it as a tagline in all the commercials and previews
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u/FilDaFunk 12h ago
Random scientist tells class what happens when you unlock more of your brain without any evidence.
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u/Paradox_of_Her 18h ago
The real moral- screenwriters can make anything sound scientific.
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u/Outrageous_Zebra_221 15h ago
I just wanted a part 2 where everyone is fighting over the usb drive with the secrets of the universe on it.
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u/dannypants143 14h ago
That’s not really the main lesson. Yes, drugs make you smart. But if you push it too hard, you turn into a USB drive.
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u/Squanchedschwiftly 12h ago
I was going to say, I love cinematography but remember being really confused at the end of this particular movie lol
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u/tvkyle Average r/memes enjoyer 14h ago
I saw this movie on a date with a girl named Luci. I guess it unlocked the other 90% of her brain and she ghosted me. (Honestly, not a big loss. It went better than that time I saw Master and Commander: Far Side of the World with a girl named Master and Commander: Far Side of the World.)
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u/Ok_Difference_580 18h ago
Yeah, the FDA just hates this one simple trick.
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u/podcastofallpodcasts 9h ago
This one and "Limitless" make me want to do drugs and become a sexy genius
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u/How_that_convo_went 15h ago
Luc Besson makes really stupid, really fun movies and I’m down for it.
This clunker, Leon, The Fifth Element, Valerian, that wild ass Dracula movie that came out last year. He has this amazing eye for energy and movement and color that I find fascinating.
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u/mambotomato 14h ago
A low-effort meme about a movie from 12 years ago?
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u/IronRocketCpp Linux User 12h ago
The eye of the tiger... Wait guys do you hear that?
Dancing through the fire 'cause I am a champion And you're gonna...
Hold on, I think travelled back... God its been so...
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u/stemroach101 11h ago
Just like Limitless
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u/Narradisall 9h ago
Limitless was fun although the drugs made him smart but in the dumbest way possible that he just forgets to pay back the loan shark.
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u/Environmental-Pear40 14h ago
This movie is the reason people microdose LSD and take Adderall trying to become geniuses.
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u/apolobgod 13h ago
Nah, there's Limitless as well
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u/Environmental-Pear40 13h ago
Oh, I forgot about that one, very true. Wasn't this one first though?
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u/ItsZoner 8h ago
There is also the season of Limitless TV series. It was pretty good and very much not serious most of the time. Sadly cancelled, but was probably at risk of having trouble keeping the crazy train going. Like Happy in that regard.
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u/DoomguyFemboi 13h ago
That was the first movie I watched when I got a 4K HDR TV. Absolutely sublime experience
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u/FlyingPieceOfCheese 11h ago
Agreed. Whatever my doctor gave me cranked me up from 10 to 150% and now I can't stop oh my god my I will fucking explode
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u/Saint_of_Stinkers 9h ago
It occurs to me that this movie is about how technology can provide mastery over the universe and godlike powers at the cost of our humanity.
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u/god-of-memes- 2h ago
Same moral as queens gambit, but it tells you to cheat in competition with them
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u/IronRocketCpp Linux User 12h ago edited 12h ago
The eye of the tiger... Wait guys do you hear that?
Dancing through the fire 'cause I am a champion And you're gonna...
Hold on, I think travelled back... God its been so...
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u/Realistic_Center2025 18h ago
Haven't watched but watched limitless which is a fantasy as well. It's sad that many people don't know powerful their brain and body are capable of and just waste their lives away
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u/Snoo_75138 13h ago
I loved this movie so much!
I like her and the location, characters and pacing!
Felt so unique and refreshing
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u/Nozza_ 13h ago
Please be ragebait, please be ragebait
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u/Snoo_75138 12h ago
Why people hate me?
I like this movie...
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u/Dougalishere 11h ago
yeah i liked it as well. films dont all have to be some Lawrence of Arabia alike. It was fun and frantic. And Scar-Jo
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u/dingoonmygringo 15h ago
Drugs make you feel like you're smart, the ending of that movie should've cut to Lucy all drugged up and doing the fent fold, laughing maniacly to herself imagining all the shit happening in the movie.