I don't think we use our brains to its full capacity. Obviously not even close. And it is not really the size of it (as my posted examples shown earlier) or the % that matter. You can use your brain up to 80% but still in a low mode. Another person might use his 30% efficient but in high mode...
Sort of like a muscle. Let's say an office worker sure doesn't use his muscles up to their fullest potential. Now let's make him a steelmill worker, and voila!, the same muscles are used as they were intended to be....
By the way with the brain it isn't the mass, but the surface area that counts. Smarter people's brain is more "wrinkled".
Here is a similar explanation:
http://scienceray.com/biology/human-biology/how-much-brain-do-we-use/
"First let us clarify, mechanically you use 100% of your brain. Maximizing usage is another subject. So when someone puts a percentage of use on the brain they do not mean that the other say 90% is dormant or useless.
Think of it this way. Letâs say your brain is a stereo. When you are using your stereo you are using 100% of it. Here is the x factor. If the volume knob is set at say a 2 level then you are not getting the same usage when compared to turning the volume knob to 8 or 10."
Sort of like a muscle. Let's say an office worker sure doesn't use his muscles up to their fullest potential. Now let's make him a steelmill worker, and voila!, the same muscles are used as they were intended to be....
By the way with the brain it isn't the mass, but the surface area that counts. Smarter people's brain is more "wrinkled".
Here is a similar explanation:
http://scienceray.com/biology/human-biology/how-much-brain-do-we-use/
"First let us clarify, mechanically you use 100% of your brain. Maximizing usage is another subject. So when someone puts a percentage of use on the brain they do not mean that the other say 90% is dormant or useless.
Think of it this way. Letâs say your brain is a stereo. When you are using your stereo you are using 100% of it. Here is the x factor. If the volume knob is set at say a 2 level then you are not getting the same usage when compared to turning the volume knob to 8 or 10."