> I read about this in one of William Calvin's books. Some neurologist
> determined experimentally that roughly 10% of our neurons are firing
> at any given time. Then some idiot who has never heard of epilepsy
> came across the research and thought, "wouldn't it be great if we
> could use all our neurons all the time?!". Sadly, as is often the case,
> the mistaken meme took on a life of its own[1]. Did you know the Inuits
> have over 400 words for "snow"?
>
> [1] Sad only for people who care about truth. :-)
Okay, this may be one of those times when we see if what we know about
memes is worth a damn (at this point):
Can we construct our own urban legend that counters and debunks this one
and assemble it in such a way as to make it at least as successful, if not
moreso, than the "10% of our brains" meme?
An important test, I would think, for those people who care about the
truth. :-)
-Prof. Tim