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Your Brain May Have Amazing Powers

Posted by jamie on from the uptake dept.

I've never given much credence to the "only use 10% of our brains" urban legend, but this article, Savant for a Day, is making me reconsider. I'd like to see controlled, double-blind studies, but Snyder's machine already sounds very interesting -- hey, anyone can learn to draw, but I want to flip a switch to put my brain into calculator mode. EM-brain experimentation has taken off since Michael Persinger's work and other recent research.

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  1. yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post...maybe

  2. If only the average /. editor by gmhowell · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now if only the average /. editor would begin to use just that 10%, we'd be in business. IOW:

    The average person uses just 10% of their mental power. I am now one of them.

    More to the point, I wonder if people will use their new brain power for good, or for awesome.

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    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  3. One flaw in your theory by Angry+White+Guy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Trailer Parks.

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    You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
    1. Re:One flaw in your theory by drwho · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      trailer parks

      Why is it so common to refer to people who live in trailer parks as stupid and poor? How about if I said 'slums'? Why is it okay to pick on rural white poor as being stupid and inbred, but not inner city minorities?

      No, I don't live in a trailer park. I live in the city. Yes, I have seen the rural misery of some of these places. On the other hand, trailer parks provide a cheap way of having a house and also moving it when you want. It is economically efficient. And it doesn't cost the taxpayer money the way so-called Public Housing does.

  4. dont disturb me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm bending a spoon.

    Shuttup!!!

    I'm bending a spoon. Really, I'm bending a spoon.

  5. Re:Now if they only had a switch... by GnuVince · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From your spelling of "a lot", it seems that you either spend too much time on IRC or that you like Forth.

  6. Re:Now if they only had a switch... by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please feel free to comment on my english after you manage to cough up some perfect dutch, both in spelling and in grammar. Good luck!

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    Hate me!
  7. Re:Now if they only had a switch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you idiot, this is an English world, not a Dutch world, so get with it dumbass

  8. Re:Now if they only had a switch... by CoolVibe · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Nederlands is niet zo moeilijk. Daar heb ik echt niet meer van mijn hersenen voor nodig dan de 10 procent die ik nu gebruik. Maar dat komt natuurlijk vooral omdat ik zelf een nederlander ben.

    ObTranslation: Dutch is not that hard. I don't really require more of my brain than the 10 percent that I already use. But of course that's because I'm a Dutch person.

    Satisfied? :)

    Oh, and your English sucks ;) (by the way, mine does too)