02 Oct 08
Originally posted by wormwoodHe sure did. That just ruined my day. 😵
he sure showed you! 🙂
I'll have to agree with the 17% though: GWB was elected president, twice. 😕
if mccain & palin win, I'll be forced to agree with the 1%.
I'll have to agree with the 17% though: GWB was elected president, twice. 😕
if mccain & palin win, I'll be forced to agree with the 1%
Well GWB being elected twice is just way out of my mind. But on McCain I'm not sure is very fair to say that. I have to confess I have an admiration for the guy. He was a war prisoner (and son of a very high-patent) and when the Vietcong wanted to set him free just to show sons of high patents have preferential treatment he refused and said he wouldn't leave until all the others that were captured before him were set free (just like the code of the prisoners of war says it should be). Of course that for more torture came his way but he didn't anyway. GWB is a total numbnuts and douchebag but I think McCain isn't. He may lack some political abilities but he seems to be a genuine good guy.
And Palin is a HOTSIE!!! 😵
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIf one doesn't have any impairment one should all of his brain. CAT exams and things like that routinely show that this is true. What is a fact is that not all of the brain areas are well understood in what they do. But people know that we use all of our brain.
Any idea what percent range we do typically utilize in routine daily decision making?
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by adam warlockAs I look all around me, in the forums, I find this very, very, difficult to believe. 😉
If one doesn't have any impairment one should all of his brain. CAT exams and things like that routinely show that this is true. What is a fact is that not all of the brain areas are well understood in what they do. But people know that we use all of our brain.
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by Grampy BobbySorta fixed.
17% Solution
Overheard on a USA television news program: 'Medical science research suggests humans collectively utilize a mere 1/6th or approximately
17% of the capacity of the conscious mind in making daily decisions'. Wonder why... Then, again, sometimes answers raise more questions
than the original question posed. Factor in the common ...[text shortened]... ian drones the hive would die... and, at least, political shenanigans become clear.
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03 Oct 08
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Originally posted by wolfgang59Yep. It's an old wives tale that got passed down because somebody said it once, and it caught on. Like the claim that serial killers are all white males.
"it's a well known and established fact of medical science"
bollocks its a myth!
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percent.asp
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=people-only-use-10-percent-of-brain
etcetera
14 Oct 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungIf your position is correct, why then do we tend to make so very many wrong decisions, bad calls and chess blunders?
I'd like to see the argument that concludes we don't use most of our brain. I think it's more likely that this is simply an urban legend or that it's true only if you look at it in a very specific way.