• suleman
    4
    i just watched a movie about unlocking more than 10% of the brain and if u do u can control of all parts of your body and a 100% you become one with all the spacetime it got me curious

  • PfhorrestAccepted Answer
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    Only a small fraction of our brain (not always exactly 10%) is ever active at once, but it's not like there's just one small part of the brain that's active and the rest is always dormant: all of it gets activated sometimes, just never all at once. And that's a good thing, because when the entire brain activates all at once, that's what we call a seizure. Normal brain function lies in the pattern of activation and deactivation of different parts of the brain. The idea that there's some 90% of the brain sitting unused awaiting to be activated to unlock our superpowers is a common misunderstanding.
  • Relativist
    2.6k
    just watched a movie about unlocking more than 10% of the brainsuleman
    That's a myth. See this.
  • Maw
    2.7k
    Some people on this very site only use 10% of their brain, but that's their limitation im afraid
  • suleman
    4
    thank you wow ye the thought of super powers was kinda stupid in the first place
  • DingoJones
    2.8k


    Lucy? Fun, but not based on anything real.
  • Banno
    25k
    It's a myth propagated by scientologists.

    Don't be a sucker. Don't fall for it. Move on.
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