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Old May 10th, 2008, 10:51 AM   #21 (permalink)
bingchof
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MYTH

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Originally Posted by mikespe View Post
The average person only uses about 10-15% of their brain. A guy like Einstein used about 30% of his brain.

Last time I looked at a PET scan... the whole thing was workin'

This type of thing is myth, more of a 'metaphor' than to be taken literally. It's trying to get at the fact that we aren't very efficient in our approach to cognitive tasks, not that we LITERALLY aren't using parts of our brains.

-b
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