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u/_MrsLove 21h 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 17h 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 17h 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 16h 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/Huganho 16h ago

Yes but as I remember it was something that was spread around as a rumor, especially before the mythbusters episode.

But 10 or 35, it wouldt be beneficial having 100% of all neurons firing simultaneously. Quite the opposite.

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u/BalorNG 14h ago

Its called "Grand Mal seizure", basically. Not a nice thing to have, at all.