Richard Hall (rhall at uvi.edu) wrote:
> The idea that we use only a small portion of our brain capacity is silly
> but recurs all the time. It is a fallacy and if you think about it you
> will come to the conclusion that it is illogical.
>> Consider: If you use only 1% of your brain then you could obviously remove
> 20, 40, 60, 90% and have no ill effect. What half of your brain do you
> wish to have removed? See what I mean?
While I agree with you that it is extremely unlikely that we use only 1%
of our brains and that it is unfortunate that this probable fallacy is so
commonly accepted but your argument proves nothing. What if the subject 1%
were distributed throughout the entire mass?
Kal