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- timophy, on 10/12/2007, -26/+139You know how some people say we only use 10% of our brain?.. I think we only use 10% of our hearts.
- SoCalDissident, on 10/12/2007, -19/+112This is Digg; if people used as much as 10% of their brains I'd be impressed.
- HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -9/+90I saw several people on the freeway this morning who were functioning with no brains.
- patmfitz, on 10/12/2007, -7/+71That's a myth: http://www.csicop.org/si/9903/ten-percent-myth.html
- JoshuaWood, on 10/12/2007, -8/+70We do not use only 10% of our brains. It's a common myth, but is untrue none the less.
From Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percnt.htm
Patmfitz beat me to it by a few seconds - celeronxl, on 10/12/2007, -19/+70I assume you're trying to insult him, but if you think about it that's really not an insult at all. In fact, you might go as far as to say it's praise for above average intelligence despite brain damage.
- Dannychico, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38Male nipples?
- vlademonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29@dclowd9901:
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/headless_chicken/
Through his open esophagus, Mike was fed a mixture of ground up grain and water with your typical eyedropper. - redman5419, on 10/12/2007, -18/+42I knew someone would bring politics into this...
- shaka999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21"Later, a colleague at Sheffield University became aware of a young man with a larger than normal head. He was referred to Lorber even though it had not caused him any difficulty. Although the boy had an IQ of 126 and had a first class honours degree in mathematics, he had "virtually no brain". A noninvasive measurement of radio density known as CAT scan showed the boy's skull was lined with a thin layer of brain cells to a millimeter in thickness. The rest of his skull was filled with cerebrospinal fluid. The young man continues a normal life with the exception of his knowledge that he has no brain."
They make him sound pretty normal to me. Sounds like nobody expected a brain issue which leads me to believe he didn't have any abnormal behaviors. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20"@dclowd9901:
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/headless_chicken/
Through his open esophagus, Mike was fed a mixture of ground up grain and water with your typical eyedropper."
I hang my head in shame. My amazement and wonderment goes out to Miracle Mike, the Headless Chicken. - jnorris441, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29The spiritual brain is located in the taint. I have proof.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+31"One of them was a student who had an IQ of 126 and had a first class honours degree in mathematics while having "virtually no brain.""
So what? An IQ test just measures potential. You still need the rest of your brain to actually use it. Maybe the little bit he had left held that information, but did he have the parts of the brain that keeps him from pooping his pants? - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -17/+32HMTK, i'd really like to see that report, partially because I don't see how a chicken can ***** EAT without a head. I call shenanigans. Badical style.
@ant: Because there are actually some people out there who still haven't seen Wedding Crashers. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16This sounds eerily like FLCL. Anyone? I'm half-expecting the next report to be about robots coming out of his head.
- HMTKSteve, on 10/12/2007, -13/+28If you cut a chicken's head off they can still live. The longest living one lived 18 months after losing it's head. The reason? The part of it's brain that mostly controls the chickens body is in the neck, not the head.
- AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Ahh ... First off, the apendix I agree with that is pointless.
BUT MALE NIPPLES, you've never had a girlfriend ?
JUNK DNA ? you my short sighted amigo need more biology lessons.
Bodily hair on the other hand, on legs, on arms and arm pits, on ass, back and on chest (that's pointless) all other bodily hair is acceptable if not encouraged (to a certain extent).
(he ... vD6hE , heh VD , and he and six) - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20Also, the Appendix.
- JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16"the guy that got a 126 with almost no brain was probably only able to do one thing: math"
yay for utterly baseless conjectures - noGoodNamesLeft, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14@otherland; Yes, homosexuality is a genetic dead-end. That's why it died out millions of years ago.
- millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -18/+30"Is the Brain Really Necessary?"
According to the church: No. - Emrys1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Speaking of biology lessons, apparently the appendix is not so useless :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060530/sc_space/theappendixslimybutnotworthless - Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Plenty of intelligent people suffer incontinence... and the IQ doesn't measure information, it measures your ability to process information. As far as any tests go, that's probably as good as we can get right now in determining a persons brain to process information in an effective manner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQ - card2570, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11"Sorry, not all of us watch ***** movies."
"And if that's the best line, I'm rather glad I didn't bother."
I guess a sense of humor "isn't really necessary" either. - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"...reading a CAT scan can be tricky."
How hard is it to tell that a person has no freakin' brain? What kind of useless diagnostic tool can't determine whether an organ is present or not? - InternetUser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"Bodily hair on the other hand, on legs, on arms and arm pits, on ass,"
Try shaving your ass-crack and see how pointless it is, then. - wwwcoder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10For the people who are afflicted with this condition there are plenty of opportunities available in executive management.
- fgsfds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Unfortunately for your argument, the burden of proof is on the challanger and not the established theory. This is the way science has worked for countless years, and this is the way it works today.
There is currently only one person who allegedly is evidence that such a diminished brain is capable of functioning, and there isn't much substance in said evidence. While that does not mean that the hypothesis is invalid, it DOES mean that it has far less support than existing theory.
Currently, this case is a scientific curio - something which should be studied and used to revise existing theory should it be warranted. It does not, however, prove that people are really invisable floating beings from dimention N who have possessed apes to do their bidding, or other such rubbish. - chosenone-, on 10/12/2007, -8/+15This is because of the holographic nature of reality. I happen to have the book here, so here's an excerpt (I recommend holding down Ctrl and rolling the mouse wheel for bigger text:
"For Pribram the many similarities between brains and holograms were tantalizing, but he knew his theory didn't mean anything unless it was backed up by more solid evidence. One researcher who provided such evidence was Indiana University biologist Paul Pietsch. Intriguingly, pIetsch began as an ardent disbeliever in Pribram's theory. He was especially skeptical of Pribram's claim that memories do not possess any specific location in the brain.
To prove Pribram wrong, Pietsh devised a series of experiments, and as the test subjects of his experiments he chose salamanders. In previous studies he had discovered that he could remove the brain of a salamander without killing it, and although it remained in a stupor as long as the brain was missing, its behaviour completely returned to normal as soon as its brain was restored.
Pietsch reasoned that if a salamander's feeding behaviour is not confined to any specific location in the brain, then it should not matter how its brain is positioned in its head. If it did matter, Pribram's theory would be disproven. He then flip-flopped the left and right hemispheres of a salamander's brain, but to his dismay, as soon as it recovered, the salamander quickly resumed normal feeding.
He took another salamander and turned its brain upside down. When it recovered it, too, fed normally. Growing increasingly frustrated, he decided to resort to more drastic measures. In a series of over 700 operations he sliced, flipped, shuffled subtracted, and even minced the brains of his hapless subjects, but always when he replaced what was left of their brains, their behaviour returned to normal.*
These findings and others turned Pietsch into a believer and attracted enough attention that his research became the subject of a segment on the television show 60 Minutes. He writes about this experience as well as giving detailed accounts of his experiments in his insightful book Shufflebrain."
* Paul Pietsch, "Shufflebrain," Harper's Magazine 244 (May 1972), p. 66.
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I recommend checking this book out, it's thought-provoking. - Dannychico, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14Spleen?
- zenn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Was that you I cut off this morning
- Alkali, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7What is unnecessary are all those damn oil glands, there use was to make the hair ON YOU FACE nice and shinny to attract a potential mate. Now they just make it harder to get a mate.
"evolution you are my bitch lover" - blunted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This *isn't* gibberish - remember Professor Aspect (the french guy) who did the quantum entanglement experiments in the 80's ? Well he also believes in a holographic universe - among other people. It is a very interesting idea when applied to the brain.
There are some interesting theory's about this sort of thing floating around - and contrary to what you seem to think a few of them are (IMO) rather compelling. Just because it doesn't make sense to you or on the surface seems a little preposterous (or makes you uncomfortable) doesn't mean it isn't a viable idea.
Einstein and "spooky action at a distance" / "God does not roll dice" anyone?
Scientific advances are not always intuitive - in fact they are quite often the opposite and thus tend to not fit into our nice little comfortable ideas about the world and how it works.
Keep an open mind is all I am saying.. - shortcircuit13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Actually, involuntary bodily functions are primarily controlled by the brainstem and spinal cord.
See "Mike the Headless Chicken" above. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Allowing people to have a degree with no brain? Psheeeese, this affirmative action is out of control.
- seanmac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Stupid title, this article just points out how fantastically adaptable, maleable, and amazing the brain really is. Try removing the last 5% and see how this kid does on math tests.
- MuffinMan, on 10/12/2007, -24/+30You must mean {insert random political figure}.
***** retard. - thomasthecat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Later, a colleague at Sheffield University became aware of a young man with a larger than normal head. He was referred to Lorber even though it had not caused him any difficulty...The young man continues a normal life with the exception of his knowledge that he has no brain."
Sounds like the kid is doing alright to me. - heinousjay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah, it's cultural bias to ask questions stupid people won't understand... sheesh.
- Dannychico, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11"junk" DNA? Don't talk about things being in the body on "purpose".
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5adaptation
- Beanlover, on 10/12/2007, -12/+17I tend to believe that the brain (for humans) is an interface to the body for the "real" us. It's been said of people who are autistic or in a coma that they are still "in there" and functioning at a high level but the brain won't allow them to express it in the physical.
No...I don't have proof, just one of the many weird things I think about from time to time. - gikeymarcia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is possible because of the amazing plasticity of the brain. If this degredation of the brain occurs at a young enough age then person will still be fully functional when they mature. This is the same kind of thing that happens when half of a childs brain is removed to stop them for having violent seizures. If done at a young enough age the child will seem slow for a time but withing a few years will be at normal developmental levels. Do we only use 10% of our brains? NO, we use 100% of our brains. Tell a neurobiologist we use 10% and they'll slap you. Good day sirs.
- bwanab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"if it came to writing a poem, coming up with a joke, or playing table tennis, he probably wouldn't have the capacity to do those"
Hmmm... do you? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Actually IQ tests today no long ask culturally bias questions. They stick to testing neutral functions like memory, spatial ability, logical reasoning, pattern recognition etc. And yes, urban areas tend to score lower than suburban in America.
- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6See, if you had a brain you could have remembered the condition's name.
- angusm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Welcome to the wacky world of Cartesian dualism. For what it's worth, I think Descartes believed that the interface between the brain and the (external, disembodied) mind was located in the pineal gland.
This may have been a step forward from the Greeks who believed that the primary function of the brain was to 'cool' the blood. Although the Greeks may not have been too far wrong: we've certainly all met plenty of people who don't seem to use their brains for anything else. - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7The sandman. Duh.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4IQ tests test intelligence.. not apptitude or education or knowledge. You are given certain situations or circumstances and are tested on how well you solve them or how long it takes you. A higher IQ is indeed indicitive of a higher level of mental capacity to adapt and respond to new or different situations. It is by no means perfect, but useful in broad measures like the difference between "functioning", "retarded" and "dead".
Also, your heart will continue to beat outside of your body. Why do you think occasionally a brain dead individual continues living? There is something called the autonomic nervous system. Look it up.
"The cell bodies of preganglionic autonomic nerve cells are situated in the central nervous system. Those of the sympathetic nervous system arise in the thoracic and lumbar segments of the spinal cord. The preganglionic parasympathetic cell bodies are situated in the brain stem (cranial parasympathetic) and in the sacral spinal cord (sacral parasympathetic)." - Johnny1337h4x0r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7someone already did. ass
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