Dean Burnett (that brains guy) on Nostr: Was recently asked which scientific 'myth' I'd like to see banished forever ...
Was recently asked which scientific 'myth' I'd like to see banished forever
Obviously, given my field and output, I had to choose 'we only use 10% of our brains'
It's not just a silly thing that leads to shoddy movie plots. It's worse than that
For one thing, the origins of the 'we only use 10% of our brain' notion are unclear. But analysis suggests it came about *at least* a century ago. Believe it or not, our understanding of the brain has improved by orders of magnitude since then
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Obviously, given my field and output, I had to choose 'we only use 10% of our brains'
It's not just a silly thing that leads to shoddy movie plots. It's worse than that
For one thing, the origins of the 'we only use 10% of our brain' notion are unclear. But analysis suggests it came about *at least* a century ago. Believe it or not, our understanding of the brain has improved by orders of magnitude since then
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