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Originally Posted by Clarkey
I think it's fair to say that most people only tap into a percentage of their true potential in life. I don't think it's possible to quantify what that average percentage is though.
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That isn't the myth, though. The myth is that we only use 10% of our brain. It's very persistent--it gets repeated on the radio, on TV, by otherwise well-educated people. And it's nonsense--if it were true, brain injury would be no big deal--and in fact, most brain injuries (90% of them) would have no effect whatsoever on function. Not to mention how evolutionarily insane it would be to develop a massive resource-draining organ and then only use 10% of it.
I think it's one of those myths that is comforting to believe--because it implies that there might be unimaginable vistas that could be opened up through the power of the human mind alone. But really, our brains actually are running at pretty much peak capacity all the time. If they weren't, we'd be in huge trouble.