043 You Only Use 10% of Your Brain? The Lie that Won't Die

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It’s one of the most famous myths in the world: you only use 10% of your brain. Charles and Sophia debunk this and other brain myths with hard scientific facts, explaining why the human brain is a powerful organ that we use every day, all the time. They'll also explain why this myth is so popular and why it just won't go away.

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00:00I'm Sophia and with me is Charles. Today we're talking about a very popular myth that a lot of

00:13us believe, that you only use 10% of your brain. I've heard that my whole life. I've always thought

00:18it was true and I've always thought, what if I could unlock the other 90%? But I have a feeling

00:23you're about to tell me that's a myth. You're right, it is a complete myth. The truth is we

00:28use 100% of our brain and every part of it has a job to do. So what's the science

00:33behind that? I'm not an expert on this. Well we've had a lot of technology over the

00:37last few decades, like FMRI scanners, that can show us what parts of the brain are

00:42active. And we found that no matter what you're doing, whether you're thinking,

00:45sleeping, or just breathing, your entire brain is active. So there's no part of our

00:49brain that's just dormant? No, and brain damage proves the myth is false. If you

00:53only used 10% of your brain, you could have a huge chunk of it removed and not

00:57have any side effects. But we know that even a small amount of brain damage can

01:01have huge consequences. So every part of our brain has a job to do. Yes. So why is

01:05this myth so popular? It's a great myth. It gives us a sense of hope, that there's a

01:10huge part of our brain that we can unlock. It's a myth that's been around for a

01:13long time. And it's been popularized in a lot of books and movies. So it's a great

01:17story, but it's not a great fact. Exactly. But it's also a dangerous myth. It makes us feel

01:23like we're not using our full potential. When in fact, we are. So the big takeaway is

01:27that we're using all of our brain. And that's a good thing. It is. So Sophia, it feels like

01:31we've covered the most important aspects of this myth. We have. So thank you for being

01:36with us today. My pleasure.

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