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How Your Brain Works

AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
edited September 2007 in A Moving Train
http://feeds.howstuffworks.com/~r/DailyStuff/~3/158555026/brain.htm
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    O boy
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    I got a lot more information if you are interested.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    power of the brain is a scary thing. what % does the average person use?
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    jlew24asu wrote:
    power of the brain is a scary thing. what % does the average person use?

    Everyone uses 100% of their total brain. The brain undergoes a pruning process during adolescence, unused parts of the brain are permanently destroyed. At any given time, to perform any given function, 2 - 10% of the brain might be used.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • mxaaronmxaaron Posts: 92
    Ahnimus wrote:
    http://feeds.howstuffworks.com/~r/DailyStuff/~3/158555026/brain.htm

    Ever read any Searle?
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Everyone uses 100% of their total brain. The brain undergoes a pruning process during adolescence, unused parts of the brain are permanently destroyed. At any given time, to perform any given function, 2 - 10% of the brain might be used.

    so why are some people (at genius level) able to use more of it then others?

    do you believe there are parts or powers of the brain that are unexplained?
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    I should say, that is oversimplified. The pruning process is an ongoing thing. It happens in large scale during adolescence, but continues on throughout adulthood. More-or-less, if you don't use it, you lose it, and that is, somewhat, the nature of alzheimer's disease. Regularly changing routines and trying new things can keep the brain in top shape.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    mxaaron wrote:
    Ever read any Searle?

    Is he the guy with them CEMI field theory? Or is that someone else?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    jlew24asu wrote:
    so why are some people (at genius level) able to use more of it then others?

    do you believe there are parts or powers of the brain that are unexplained?

    There is much to discover still. However, the notion that some use more is based on MRI scans following certain stimuli. If the stimuli is a question of ontology, you will find, likely, that men tend to use "more" than women, while stimuli of emotional nature will get opposite results.

    Similarly, I hypothesize, providing "mickey mouse" stimuli to a child will garner more neural response than it would with a cognitive neuroscientist. I think the notion of someone using "more in general" is questionable.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    jlew24asu wrote:
    O boy


    zzing... you cheeky fucker...lol...

    guilty as charged...
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  • mxaaronmxaaron Posts: 92
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Is he the guy with them CEMI field theory? Or is that someone else?

    Not sure, to be honest. His name has popped up in several of my classes when discussing the philosophy of the mind; thought maybe you had read him since you seem to be interested in the subject. If so, I was just curious as to your thoughts. I think one of his more recent books is simply entitled "Mind". Anyway, I'm sure Amazon has his books....
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    mxaaron wrote:
    Not sure, to be honest. His name has popped up in several of my classes when discussing the philosophy of the mind; thought maybe you had read him since you seem to be interested in the subject. If so, I was just curious as to your thoughts. I think one of his more recent books is simply entitled "Mind". Anyway, I'm sure Amazon has his books....

    I just read his wiki entry, it rings a bell now, I think I may have read a paper or two by him. He makes a good argument for the ontology of consciousness. However, as with anything, I have to pick and choose what I read, don't have time to read them all. It seems his arguments are geared towards people studying consciousness at a scientific level, as opposed to the lay reader. I'll check him out on amazon anyway.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Hi ryan. thanks for this. :) I'm just posting so I can get a reminder email to remind me to come back and watch this later. My brain is not working now! ;)
    NOPE!!!

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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    zzing... you cheeky fucker...lol...

    guilty as charged...

    Hehe. that was the funniest post of the day. i'm still gettin a chuckle from it.
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