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Old 31-12-2009, 01:10 PM
Nesti (Mark)
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I'm starting to have doubts about the 5%-10% usage of our brain theory. Species tend to evolve through a need, don't they? So for the human brain to be the size and capacity that it is implies that we are actually using it - or have used it in the past - otherwise it would go the way of everything else that doesn't get used - and shrink or disappear. Unless of course, the additional 90% is the brain equivalent of 'dark matter'? Hmm...

Keep in mind that a computer fails when it's hard drive reaches 100% capacity. The fastest your computer will ever run, is when only the operating system is loaded...perhaps brains need large amounts of capacity to operate effectively and efficiently. If our brain even falters (lower functions), we die. Also, we really don't know how memory is stored and what does the processing...so perhaps 10% is optimum?!
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