On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:30:58 EST, Dude VanWinkle said: > They may have to update this because I will take the route of saying > that our brains run at 10 efficiency or that 10 percent of its > potential.
<and goes on to cite several examples that don't prove much of anything other than (a) there's a bell curve and (b) much of the cited behavior is actually trainable, and *has* been for most of known history (hint - how do you think all of Homer's works were preserved?)> Note that it's also unclear what "100% efficiency" would *mean* - if all neurons are firing all the time, you can't distinguish as many distinct neural states. Also, most of the time, not much is going on, and you really *don't* need to be using 100% of the capacity. But sometimes you need a *lot* of capacity *right now* (for instance, I'm sure that Saturday when I startled a bobcat in his lair when only 2 foot or so from the opening, I went through a *lot* of neurons comparing the snarl to every sound I ever heard, and coming up with a good response...) Consider it the cognitive equivalent of trying to pass at Talledega with a big honking restrictor plate.... Also, firing the neurons more often means you burn more glucose, which means both more cooling issues, and the need to eat more. > This is why, even though its listed on snopes.com as being untrue, > that I will still continue to quote that fallacy. Ya know, Dude, if you *used* the other 90% of the neurons, you could do amazing stuff.... like change your mind when confronted by evidence. :)
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