>I have always heard that we humans use approximately 5 - 10% of our brain
>capacity, on average. I have a couple of questions regarding that:
>
>1) Is this accurate? If not, what *is* the average?
>
>2) If accurate, how is it that we evolved a brain with a capacity 90%
>higher than we actually use? If not accurate,
>but still significantly lower than 100%, I believe this second question is
>still valid.
>
>
Let me place this view in another perspective. If mankind can get along with
only 10% of this brain power, why would we say that Homo erectus is unable to
be human when he has 5 times the capacity in his brain as we are apparently
able to use?
glenn
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