Claim CB929:
According to evolution, we do not evolve organs that are not adaptive.
Therefore, evolution does not explain our using only one tenth of our
brains.
Response:
- The belief that we use only ten percent of our brain is an urban legend
and is false (Radford 2000). We use all of it.
Links:
Radford, Benjamin, 2000. Ten-percent myth.
http://66.165.133.65/science/stats/10percnt.htm
References:
- Radford, Benjamin, 2000. (see above)
Further Reading:
Beyerstein, Barry, 1999. Mind Myths: exploring everyday mysteries of the
mind, New York: John Wiley and Sons.
created 2003-6-14
