The Man With 10% of a Brain

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  Před 2 lety +524

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  • @1SLMusic
    @1SLMusic Před 2 lety +9021

    “Your brain is arguably the most important” says the brain.

    • @hallowx4
      @hallowx4 Před 2 lety +251

      Ima just be the one guy that corrects your grammar so uhhhhh
      You used the wrong your

    • @yuki2yeti
      @yuki2yeti Před 2 lety +64

      @@hallowx4 lmaooo

    • @oscarchampion5842
      @oscarchampion5842 Před 2 lety +48

      Well I am brain

    • @TrulyClark
      @TrulyClark Před 2 lety +20

      @@hallowx4 gg

    • @AcolyteOfLucifer
      @AcolyteOfLucifer Před 2 lety +58

      @@hallowx4 in this case it's justified, not using 're is one thing, but actually using it when you're not supposed to is just wrong.

  • @melaniesmith1313
    @melaniesmith1313 Před 2 lety +7977

    My daughter was a micro preemie born 33 years ago. Within a week, the doctor sat us down and showed us an x-ray of her skull. The gray of her brain had what looked like white spiderwebbing all over it. We were told that was from class 4 brain bleeding. The white sections were dead. She would probably never walk, feed herself, or speak. Here is what she did: Though she did not speak at all until she was a year and a half old, she was reading by age two, reading and understanding sentences shortly after. She has a brown belt in karate. She attended college. She has Asperger's, a form of autism, but that's not a big problem. Never underestimate the power of the human brain.

    • @cholasimmons
      @cholasimmons Před 2 lety +376

      Would it be weird to wanna see that x-ray? Sorry 😬

    • @jordyv.703
      @jordyv.703 Před 2 lety +140

      Do you still have the xray?

    • @madjoemak
      @madjoemak Před 2 lety +88

      That's amazing

    • @legitimate8463
      @legitimate8463 Před 2 lety +53

      Wait. Is aspergers when you are good at maths and English, bad at everything else and are photosensitive?

    • @josiah42
      @josiah42 Před 2 lety +407

      This comment deserves a lot more attention than the jokes. What an incredible story! I have a PhD in genetics and everything that I've seen points to the fact that our bodies are incredibly adaptable and robust especially when young. Never give up on newborns, they'll surprise you.

  • @CatoNovus
    @CatoNovus Před 2 lety +345

    I remember a story about a man saddled with severe depression who ended up eating a bullet, and surviving. After recovering it was discovered he no longer had any depressing feelings or thoughts. It seems the part of his brain that was damaged was related to his depression. Rather odd that massive physical trauma to his mental capacity ended his mental trauma.

    • @RagingInsomniac
      @RagingInsomniac Před rokem +11

      i mean if you tried to end it, with a way like that, and you survive, then youre probably gonna start realizing youre all wrong.

    • @pommromm
      @pommromm Před rokem +66

      @@RagingInsomniac That's not really how depression works

    • @Pabloto-dq3sx
      @Pabloto-dq3sx Před rokem +28

      That’s, incredibly... depressing?

    • @RagingInsomniac
      @RagingInsomniac Před rokem +19

      @@pommromm depression is not a single type, there’s many kinds, it effects people differently, no depressed person acts the same as another.

    • @bodeeangus9957
      @bodeeangus9957 Před rokem

      Mental illness is correlated with higher intelligence, almost like an unintended side effect of higher consciousness. It’s no surprise that brain damage could remedy mental illness, as brain damage can also damage thinking processes that give rise to higher intelligence.

  • @tuscancmh
    @tuscancmh Před rokem +84

    You left out what happened to the Frenchman. Did they slowly drain the fluid? Did his brain return to normal size? Did he regain leg strength? Or did they decide it was to risky to treat him?

  • @garya7129
    @garya7129 Před 2 lety +2436

    "If the brain was simple enough for us to understand, we'd be so simple we couldn't"

    • @ZEN-DER
      @ZEN-DER Před 2 lety +43

      Wisdom can easily be shared with each other. It's more easy to let millions of people figure out how 1 single brain works than letting everyone do it on their own.

    • @stand_and_bang100
      @stand_and_bang100 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you🙏

    • @darrenhenderson6921
      @darrenhenderson6921 Před 2 lety +51

      Thats some paradox.

    • @herrschmidt5477
      @herrschmidt5477 Před 2 lety +2

      hello fellow civ player

    • @revengance4149
      @revengance4149 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ZEN-DER spitting facts

  • @k3i14ni9
    @k3i14ni9 Před 2 lety +2963

    "Without your brain, you wouldn't be a person at all... or would you?"
    * insert Vsauce music *

    • @bananabread8219
      @bananabread8219 Před 2 lety +20

      🤔

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 Před 2 lety +56

      Ask Joe Biden.

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 Před 2 lety +44

      @@baneverything5580 Joe Biden knows that we didn’t have airports in 1776. The previous POTUS said that George Washington defended them

    • @lukaskrutina3360
      @lukaskrutina3360 Před 2 lety +10

      Right? Wrong!
      Or is it?

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 Před 2 lety +19

      I _LOVE_ how "or would it/you" is synonymous with vsauce. if nothing else, this will be their legacy

  • @lisajohnson6296
    @lisajohnson6296 Před 2 lety +19

    I am a speech and language pathologist. Last year a 3 year old on my caseload had the right half of his brain removed due to a severe seizure disorder that he had from birth. It was astonishing how much and how quickly he regained his abilities. The human body is amazing!

  • @tomasviane3844
    @tomasviane3844 Před rokem +6

    The man with only 10% of his brain turned out to be a civil servant. That explained a lot to me !!!

  • @madmantheepic7278
    @madmantheepic7278 Před 2 lety +3720

    Dude with 10% of his brain is still leading a better life than i am.

    • @laos85
      @laos85 Před 2 lety +49

      Most of the humans never used beyond 15% of their brain capacities. So nothing special.

    • @descartes451
      @descartes451 Před 2 lety +335

      @@laos85 I'm pretty sure that has been disproven, but I do think having more intelligence doesn't make you happier.

    • @kabukimanindahouse
      @kabukimanindahouse Před 2 lety +135

      i use 100 % of my schlong though.
      also yes, the "using only 10 or 15% of your brain" thing is nothing but crap and proven to be false

    • @laos85
      @laos85 Před 2 lety +15

      @@descartes451 Is not just about living a happy life as a human. Being a human is more of achievements. And causing bad stuff to others just for self happiness isn't a good achievement in life.

    • @daphenomenalz4100
      @daphenomenalz4100 Před 2 lety +72

      @@laos85 that's a rumour dude, we need almost 100% of our available brain to do anything

  • @JonnoPlays
    @JonnoPlays Před 2 lety +3106

    "He lived a normal life working as a civil servant."
    This explained so much so quickly.

    • @Allangulon
      @Allangulon Před 2 lety +204

      That he was a supervisor is also not surprising!

    • @sstritmatter2158
      @sstritmatter2158 Před 2 lety +16

      Hahaha

    • @sstritmatter2158
      @sstritmatter2158 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Allangulon 2x 😂

    • @MS-lk2sk
      @MS-lk2sk Před 2 lety +32

      That explains America

    • @erne75
      @erne75 Před 2 lety +138

      @@MS-lk2sk That explains any Government bureaucracy any where...

  • @ashlynnday9890
    @ashlynnday9890 Před rokem +4

    My dad just recently had a stroke, the main artery to his brain got a clot in it and the part that controls speech, swallowing and balance pretty much died. He was talking and swallowing normally within two days and he can walk decently well, albeit he’s dizzy. The brain is truly amazing, it figured out how to relearn that stuff in so little time.

  • @drfish6622
    @drfish6622 Před rokem +7

    i had a friend in middle school with 40% of his brain. he had problems walking and spoke a little slow, but he was probably still one of my best friends then

  • @drbadzer
    @drbadzer Před 2 lety +729

    “Despite having a small brain, he managed to live a pretty normal life.”
    Well I don’t see what’s surprising about that, half of the CZcams comment section have much smaller brains and they’re managing just fine.

    • @rudolmeyer
      @rudolmeyer Před 2 lety +40

      “Despite having a small brain, he managed to live a pretty normal life.” (enter the name of a politician of choice here..lol)

    • @airyanawaejah2323
      @airyanawaejah2323 Před 2 lety +10

      r/I'm14yearsoldandthis'sdeep

    • @AteIes
      @AteIes Před 2 lety +6

      Reddit moment

    • @erne75
      @erne75 Před 2 lety +17

      @@rudolmeyer Actually, I disagree. Politicians, although no doubt self centered, egotistical and power hungry, seem to be very smart. It is the reason why they achieve positions of power. Some exceptions non withstanding the majority are expert manipulative psychopaths. I bet many score high on IQ tests. The supporting bureaucracy on the other hand...

    • @hanscyrus
      @hanscyrus Před 2 lety

      Hold your tongue!

  • @weezyslob
    @weezyslob Před 2 lety +947

    My normal sized brain is trying to comprehend “six months year old baby”.

  • @willstopher4020
    @willstopher4020 Před rokem +16

    My brother was born 20 years ago, and when they scanned his brain, they realised he had no midline. The entirety of the middle section of his brain never developed. They said that there was no chance he would ever walk or talk, but now he is thriving as a 20-year-old. Though he can’t see, and has various learning disabilities, he’s got multiple qualifications from college and is looking at getting a part-time job soon. Never underestimate the human brain!

  • @Le_Mayo
    @Le_Mayo Před rokem +4

    Still more brain than the entirety of twitter

  • @sardot4960
    @sardot4960 Před 2 lety +2166

    With an IQ of 75 he was a genius to most of his civil service peers.

    • @bgee461
      @bgee461 Před 2 lety +21

      😀

    • @LordZero666
      @LordZero666 Před 2 lety +22

      HEY !! I can do the... smarts ... duh

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Před 2 lety +10

      You wouldn't get anywhere near the UK civil service with that kind of IQ.

    • @nigelthornberry9484
      @nigelthornberry9484 Před 2 lety +139

      @@thursoberwick1948 you’d be considered over qualified lmao

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Před 2 lety +5

      @@nigelthornberry9484You have to pass a test to join the UK Civil Service. I reckon your IQ would have to be well over a hundred to get through it.

  • @sadi5430
    @sadi5430 Před 2 lety +995

    Alt title: The man who always uses 100% of his brain

    • @timothyscanlan5017
      @timothyscanlan5017 Před 2 lety +2

      Add (This CZcamsr or they research... hmm)

    • @O-RoD
      @O-RoD Před 2 lety +10

      This..... Comedy gold! 😁😂😂

    • @thetheatreguy9853
      @thetheatreguy9853 Před 2 lety +49

      The notion that we only use ten percent of the brain has been proven false

    • @Sandshark17
      @Sandshark17 Před 2 lety +31

      @@thetheatreguy9853 It's a F***king joke mate, and a good one at that! Great callback comedy Sadi!

    • @attorneytomannihilator6933
      @attorneytomannihilator6933 Před 2 lety +5

      @@thetheatreguy9853 its a joke your comment gave me a stroke.......

  • @fakefeather6631
    @fakefeather6631 Před rokem +4

    finally i know what happened to my teammates in ranked

  • @Just-a-Fish.Moonlighter
    @Just-a-Fish.Moonlighter Před rokem +1

    My brother with 1% brain: *Are You Challenging ME?*

  • @thesoutherncowgirlpoet
    @thesoutherncowgirlpoet Před 2 lety +707

    I had an anatomy teacher in college that was in a car accident at 6 months, which resulted in severe brain damage. The entire left half of her brain is completely dead. However, the right side of her brain lights up like a Christmas tree on scans. Her neurons just rewired themselves to be only in the right side. Also, when she was 16, her cerebellum fell through her obturator foramen (the hole at the bottom of your skull) and she had to have a mesh sling put in her head to keep it from falling again. She had to relearn how to walk, talk, write . . . even how to see colors. She said the most annoying thing that is a result of all this brain trauma is sometimes her right arm will randomly shoot upwards/outwards, sometimes wracking people standing beside her, which she said she found funny. She is a medical anomaly and by all accounts shouldn't be alive, or at least not an incredibly smart woman who works in an anatomy lab, teaches extremely complex subjects, and is pursuing a PhD (I don't remember in what.) She's an amazing woman and a true inspiration.

    • @Boundlessness
      @Boundlessness Před rokem +41

      As someone with Tourette’s, the “wracking people with her right arm” is hilarious and relatable on a personal level. Wish her the best

    • @trueredpanda1538
      @trueredpanda1538 Před rokem +9

      I mean, I heard stories of pepole having bullets stuck inn their brains and the brain works just fine somehow, so I don't even find this hard to believe.
      Also, a fun story about just that. During the last days of WW2, a Nazi officer was shot inn the head, but somehow survived. I think it was 40 years later, he was still alive, but his death was because he bumped his head inn the refrigirator and the bullet finished the job it had 40 years earlier. Now, it's sad that he was an evil person (acording to my knowledge, he was a scumbag towards anyone and had no regards on human life even after the WW2), but for 40 years, he was a walking talking person with a job, with the bullet inn his brain, wich is quiet amazing inn itself.

    • @JennaMichele
      @JennaMichele Před rokem +10

      Do you mean the foramen magnum? The obturator foramen is part of the hip bone.

    • @italucenaz
      @italucenaz Před rokem

      humans are trully incredible, she must've had a lot of determination, I would've doubt the details of your story if not for the fact I found her, it's Amy Martin right? there isn't many exemples of PHDs with only a 3/4 of the brain left, as you said, a true inspiration

    • @italucenaz
      @italucenaz Před rokem +1

      @@trueredpanda1538 sometimes the creaking door hangs the longest

  • @robot7759
    @robot7759 Před 2 lety +3

    5:35 "... and he was married with two kids..." 🤔 Sounds like a no-brainer.

  • @LarryPeteet
    @LarryPeteet Před rokem

    Shocking AND Surprising? Wow, what a combo. Getting Dejavu with that statement.

  • @ktvx.94
    @ktvx.94 Před 2 lety +511

    CPU manufacturers: *research for decades to reduce transistor sizes*
    A frenchman: *S Q U E E Z E*

    • @henrytimme3677
      @henrytimme3677 Před 2 lety +34

      I fucking died

    • @Vlad544_
      @Vlad544_ Před 2 lety +11

      @@henrytimme3677 Yeah it was funny, now go find a grave😂😂

    • @asheed
      @asheed Před 2 lety +17

      @@henrytimme3677 sorry for your loss

    • @laos85
      @laos85 Před 2 lety +2

      At least cpu use most of its power. Unlike most of the human who barely reach 25% at all.

    • @henrytimme3677
      @henrytimme3677 Před 2 lety

      Yeah I know right why do we have brains the size we do if we only use 25% of them it's like a CPU manufacturers selling a CPU but you can only use 25% of it

  • @BelcarrigFarm
    @BelcarrigFarm Před 2 lety +673

    "The brain is the most important organ"
    - the brain

    • @randomdude225
      @randomdude225 Před 2 lety +28

      Brain is the most important organ you cannot change my mind

    • @helencobler
      @helencobler Před 2 lety +9

      @@randomdude225 well your braun desided that

    • @coldnoodles2951
      @coldnoodles2951 Před 2 lety +27

      "your comment"
      -your brain
      Pretty humble ain't it lol

    • @yourmilkisontheway5214
      @yourmilkisontheway5214 Před 2 lety +14

      @@helencobler
      Wow, the amount of misspellings caught me in awe

    • @isnisse3896
      @isnisse3896 Před 2 lety +1

      Brain. Aka. You

  • @Ejejesksjs
    @Ejejesksjs Před rokem +2

    So? We only use 5% of our brain anyways.

  • @juliyaavidor3965
    @juliyaavidor3965 Před 7 měsíci +1

    My son who is 2 years and 4 months old now was born very small including his head size (32 cm. ). One doc diagnosed him as having microcephaly at 13 days of age. It's generally considered impossible to outgrow microcephaly and most people who have it have serious problems with different aspects including intellect. But my son did it , his head size caught up and he is likely a gifted child with DQ over the chart. So yes, our bodies are truly amazing

  • @ezekielrohde9074
    @ezekielrohde9074 Před 2 lety +517

    Yes yes, but what about the man that was literally blasted in the head by a huge metal rod moving faster than a bullet? He just got up and had anger issues for the rest of his life and the loss of an eye. Blasted through the bottom of his chin and out through the top of his skull. Man got up and asked why everyone was freaking out. Phineas Gage was his name I think.

    • @roguewoodsman2548
      @roguewoodsman2548 Před 2 lety +6

      He only lived another week or two. If I remember correctly anyways...

    • @LudiusQuassas
      @LudiusQuassas Před 2 lety +131

      @@roguewoodsman2548
      He lived for at least another 20 years.

    • @LudiusQuassas
      @LudiusQuassas Před 2 lety +69

      I don't think the anger issues where real, there were a lot of myths around him, but contemporary accounts say that, apart from now dealing with ocasional seizures, he was still a pretty normal person.

    • @roguewoodsman2548
      @roguewoodsman2548 Před 2 lety +72

      @@LudiusQuassas I stand corrected. I just looked it up and he lived for 12 years after the incident.

    • @daphenomenalz4100
      @daphenomenalz4100 Před 2 lety +27

      @@LudiusQuassas he became a different person, that's for sure.

  • @Defensive_Wounds
    @Defensive_Wounds Před 2 lety +1019

    My father had a bicycle accident when he was 13, they had to remove about 1/4 of his brain... Keeping in mind, that this was during a time when everyone would either die or survive in a vegetative state for the rest of their lives, he had to learn to walk, talk and write from scratch as the other half of his brain adapted for the loss. His eyes are also very weird, they are independent of one another and are controlled by one side of the brain somehow yet he can still see the usual way. He has no plate to cover the hole in his skull, it is literally just thick skin!! He grew up normal apart from his height stopped at age 13 due to the brain issue. No long lasting effects or IQ loss or anything!

    • @furelkan
      @furelkan Před 2 lety +56

      i want to know more about this story please

    • @42gami22
      @42gami22 Před 2 lety +86

      “Keeping in mind”

    • @baconwizard
      @baconwizard Před 2 lety +108

      I would hate to not have a plate there, I’d just keep on squishing the hole

    • @lapislazarus8899
      @lapislazarus8899 Před 2 lety +15

      I have a plate in my head, and have been told by Drs that the skull will come back together underneath

    • @jadecoolness101
      @jadecoolness101 Před 2 lety +32

      "no long lasting effects or loss in IQ" we can't really know that. All we know is that he's seemingly normal.
      But had the accident not happened, his IQ may have been even higher.

  • @farwoodfarm9296
    @farwoodfarm9296 Před 2 lety +1

    I was involved in a serious bicycle accident in 2000, triple skull fracture and subdural hematoma. I had 3CM's of my frontal lobe removed due to damage. That area of the prefrontal lobe I was told it helps with music and sound comprehension.
    I'm a guitar player and have been for 25+ years, I play all genre's and have noticed no issues. I like to think the rest of my brain has compensated as you stated in the video.

  • @boujiebarbie3198
    @boujiebarbie3198 Před rokem +6

    The last story with the missing cerebellum and some of the issues with the people suffering from hydrocephalus reminds me of the King of Spain, King Charles. There are stories about his brain being tiny and black and his head being full of liquid. I think people mostly attribute his illnesses to the fact that his family is heavily inbred, but I wonder if it wasn't just hydrocephalus or maybe he had damage to his cerebellum. Anyway, these stories just reminded me of him.

  • @chrispeterson4798
    @chrispeterson4798 Před 2 lety +462

    The brain is an amazing organ. 15 years ago I suffered a stroke and my brain was damaged in the process. I lost all my long term memories from the day of the stroke and didn't recover for about 9 years.
    Interestingly my brain while still damadged has made new neural connections allowing me to possess a near photographic memory.
    This isn't the norm by any means but it does go to show the brains remarkable ability to adapt to damadge.

    • @Bella_wella
      @Bella_wella Před 2 lety +2

      I can't

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen Před 2 lety +13

      The brain is an amazing and adaptable organ! I'm so happy that you have made such a good recovery.

    • @2miligrams
      @2miligrams Před 2 lety +4

      You apparently forgot how to spell “damaged” too. Damage was hard if that really did happen I feel bad but damadge is suspicious

    • @DarleneVoidDragoncat
      @DarleneVoidDragoncat Před 2 lety +36

      @@2miligrams Not everyone is great at spelling; you don’t have to be mean about it.
      What are you trying to say anyways? I can’t understand the second sentence in your comment… /genq

    • @Thatonepan-Enby
      @Thatonepan-Enby Před 2 lety +21

      @@2miligrams What even is this comment

  • @BlackGryph0n
    @BlackGryph0n Před 2 lety +1068

    This explains a lot about my annoying little sister.

  • @YoursUntruly
    @YoursUntruly Před rokem +1

    The brain named itself in hundreds of different languages

  • @spiritmatter1553
    @spiritmatter1553 Před rokem +1

    4:52 “Six month year old baby”? “Six month old baby” would say it all.

  • @acommenter4300
    @acommenter4300 Před 2 lety +493

    This takes being an air head to a whole new level

    • @snjert8406
      @snjert8406 Před 2 lety +50

      More like water head

    • @shrekisgod1830
      @shrekisgod1830 Před 2 lety +29

      Is there a fire head and an earth head

    • @Nyerguds
      @Nyerguds Před 2 lety +30

      @@shrekisgod1830 Yes, there are fire heads. Just don't cal them "gingers", I hear they don't like that.

    • @Tony-dh7mz
      @Tony-dh7mz Před 2 lety +1

      A water balloon,

    • @debbiewilkins1623
      @debbiewilkins1623 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Nyerguds
      I have 2 redhead sisters! Lol 😂

  • @nancystockwell7829
    @nancystockwell7829 Před 2 lety +104

    My dad survived the last 24 years of his life with 45% of his brain having been surgically removed, due to an infection from an injury. Drs. gave my mom and I a very grim prognosis, he'd be a "vegetable", etc. He went back to work about 3 months later. The only issues he had was a seizure disorder, and he was more emotional than he was before.

    • @italucenaz
      @italucenaz Před rokem +4

      "ma'am, you husband will never wak or talk agai... wait, what was that" *the husband trying to find his suitcase because he's late to work*

  • @daanbos5918
    @daanbos5918 Před 2 lety +2

    6:35
    He looks like if mcgonigal was a man

  • @Minronis
    @Minronis Před 2 lety +1

    Its not the brain itself, but the energy running through it that makes up who we are. Its why we have to keep moving, to keep momentum, to keep the energy in our heads active so it doesn't dissipate and die. Its why when we're stuck, we get depressed and sad. Life likely started with electricity and it was from how it conducted with matter that gave form to the first thoughts. No matter what happens, don't be limited by your body, it is a tool to the momentum that you are, that raw energy, you will use to achieve great things.

  • @mlg_rajgaming3406
    @mlg_rajgaming3406 Před 2 lety +10

    4:52 lol 6 month year old baby

  • @joshuadenton346
    @joshuadenton346 Před 2 lety +102

    We're all just a brain piloting a bone mech with flesh armor.

    • @goprojoe7449
      @goprojoe7449 Před 2 lety +2

      The brain permeates the entire body

    • @CFABosnia
      @CFABosnia Před 2 lety

      Didn't tell me a mech was also the whole reason it exists, the brain needs your heart and blood to be pumped around and the brain will die without some major intestines and organs so no

  • @negus...
    @negus... Před 2 lety +2

    He's literally using 10 percent of his brain

  • @Anonymous-73
    @Anonymous-73 Před rokem +1

    “Well of course I know him, he’s me”

  • @chelsieerickson1080
    @chelsieerickson1080 Před 2 lety +115

    "the man with 10% of a brain"
    rookie numbers
    im doing 2% just fine

    • @Valakideki
      @Valakideki Před 2 lety +1

      Sure bud 0.1% is all i need

    • @Valakideki
      @Valakideki Před 2 lety +6

      Half a braincell gang

    • @Sumirevins
      @Sumirevins Před 2 lety

      I use like 22.3% or something I guess

    • @anousenic
      @anousenic Před 2 lety +2

      Get out of the comment section Joe Biden, you have a country to lead!

    • @goldenshine9434
      @goldenshine9434 Před 2 lety

      😂

  • @Marbo12f
    @Marbo12f Před 2 lety +355

    The Virgin brain: "Oopsie poopsie I took a bump. Guess you can't walk, see, or control your bowls anymore."
    The Chad brain: "I don't need 90% of this space."

    • @21stcenturyozman20
      @21stcenturyozman20 Před 2 lety +16

      Why would you want to control your bowls?

    • @Stop_Infanticide
      @Stop_Infanticide Před 2 lety +5

      Ah, outer rim humor.

    • @youtubebannedme
      @youtubebannedme Před 2 lety +14

      @@21stcenturyozman20 its a nuisance when my bowl deliberately running from me at breakfast

    • @hpswagcraft
      @hpswagcraft Před 2 lety

      Imagine controlling your bowels in the first place.

    • @steele_heart77
      @steele_heart77 Před rokem +1

      @uncreative username Simple solution. First cereal, then milk, then bowl. No bowl, no spill. Easy peasy.

  • @symbiotesoda1148
    @symbiotesoda1148 Před 2 lety +1

    "It's amazing how the human body can live without the frontal lobe."- Some guy on a pre-recorded phone call.

  • @aerobiesizer3968
    @aerobiesizer3968 Před rokem +2

    POV: You found the guy who invented double unskippable ads on CZcams:

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Před 2 lety +45

    Having been a civil servant for 30 years, I can attest brain matter is not a prerequisite for employment

  • @natasham22
    @natasham22 Před 2 lety +100

    My momma rest her soul lived for 12 years as a blind woman with approximately 10% off her brain. She had memory issues and would exaggerated her stories but she managed to relearn to walk and talk she did amazing for herself. Its because of her that i believe the will to live is 90% of the battle. She saved me and she was a shining light to those who knew her.

    • @mailcs06
      @mailcs06 Před rokem +2

      Wait by "10% off" did you mean 10% of her brain was there, or 10% of her brain was removed?

  • @jameslucas3161
    @jameslucas3161 Před rokem

    4:52 "6 month year old baby"... 😂😂😂

  • @dmtdreamz7706
    @dmtdreamz7706 Před rokem +1

    James and his friend are truly in a world known only to them. Here you see them pass a cigarette to each other, only there is no cigarette. James friend later smokes it and actually flicks the ashes, again there was nothing in his hand. James Styles his hair with an imaginary comb. He beckons to friends in the room that only he can see. There is fear in the eyes of both boys and major anxiety. Motor coordination skills are almost completely gone.

  • @wendychavez5348
    @wendychavez5348 Před 2 lety +154

    As a survivor of traumatic brain injury, I appreciate this video. Prior to the car crash that damaged my frontal and right-temporal lobes, I had an IQ 2 points short of MENSA level, and fortunately the brain injury didn't affect most of my cognitive abilities (except memory--I have some of those, and many are accurate, but not reliably or predictably so), though my judgment, impulse control, and emotional regulation were all affected. It's been 3-1/2 decades and I'm still trying every day to be better than I was yesterday; its all any of us can do, and we need to work with the resources we have available.

    • @gabiferreira6864
      @gabiferreira6864 Před rokem +5

      Congratulations for being so strong! Hope you get even better!

    • @wendychavez5348
      @wendychavez5348 Před rokem +5

      Thank you, @@gabiferreira6864! That means a lot--you have now joined the thousands of people that wish me well and to whom I am grateful. That means that I hold myself answerable to you, too, which motivates me to do my best 😆

    • @klararosengren5314
      @klararosengren5314 Před rokem

      I too must congratulate you for being so strong and keeping going. It's really hard to live a normally contented life with lack of judgement, emotional regulation and impulse control. I would know, I struggle with that a lot. I slip up here and there but I keep on working on myself. You are a hero. I wish you a wonderful day❤

    • @wendychavez5348
      @wendychavez5348 Před rokem

      Thank you, @@klararosengren5314. It basically amounts to trying to live my best life and to be the best person I can. Nothing heroic, though it's surprising that more people don't approach life with that attitude. Thanks for your encouragement!

  • @_SimpleJack_
    @_SimpleJack_ Před 2 lety +192

    Spend 5 minutes on Twitter or Tumblr and you'll soon notice that many people operate with 10% of a normal brain.

  • @thegreatchaos13
    @thegreatchaos13 Před rokem

    3:38 my favourite is the fujin with pulsar and oion because 1, it is a great combo of weapons, 2, it's looks like a spider, and 3, it has a defensive force field.

  • @shebahammy
    @shebahammy Před rokem +1

    Bro took “people only use 10% of their brains” too seriously

  • @Kyrgizion
    @Kyrgizion Před 2 lety +128

    So he was working as a civil servant?
    That explains why no one noticed anything for thirty years.

  • @quincyjones5633
    @quincyjones5633 Před 2 lety +259

    “It could be that his head wasn’t screwed on just right. It could be, perhaps his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all, may have been that his brain was two sizes too small.”

    • @southerncyan4098
      @southerncyan4098 Před 2 lety +12

      I appreciate this reference.

    • @chaitanyasingh3258
      @chaitanyasingh3258 Před 2 lety +3

      This seems familiar, what reference is this?

    • @southerncyan4098
      @southerncyan4098 Před 2 lety +10

      @@chaitanyasingh3258 Have you heard of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?

    • @chaitanyasingh3258
      @chaitanyasingh3258 Před 2 lety

      @@southerncyan4098 Nope never heard of it

    • @southerncyan4098
      @southerncyan4098 Před 2 lety +5

      @@chaitanyasingh3258 Well, it is, at least where I am from, a very popular Christmas story written by a man named Dr. Suess, have you heard of him?

  • @volnartheunforgiving3952

    "both shocking and extremely surprising"

  • @JackieOwl94
    @JackieOwl94 Před rokem +1

    I was born with hydrocephalus. I had a shunt put into my brain as a newborn, and it has 3 breaks in it that happened as an adult. They never removed my shunt even after showing signs of it no longer functioning.
    I am independent of it, but the tubing going down to my abdomen scarred my abdominal cavity so much that every organ in my body in the abdomen and pelvis are tied together externally in a macabre web. This means I cannot safely be pregnant, and sterilization attempts for my safety have been unsuccessful. No scans could see it, and I only learned of all these side effects in adulthood, and it explained why I had chronic abdominal pain starting in my teens and persisting until today. Any surgeries to cut out the scar tissue will only worsen it, and it could lead to lethal blockages later in life.

  • @gregbors8364
    @gregbors8364 Před 2 lety +500

    He lost his Z cells. Now he thinks that “ebras” can be found at the “oo”

  • @le9038
    @le9038 Před 2 lety +228

    "The man with only 10% of his brain" you say?
    Oh, they are talking about me!

    • @ligmaballs674
      @ligmaballs674 Před 2 lety +8

      Pathetic!
      I have 1 IQ

    • @le9038
      @le9038 Před 2 lety +11

      @@ligmaballs674 1 iq? Oh my god! You must have more chromosomes than me! You smart!

    • @mollysministuff
      @mollysministuff Před 2 lety +6

      @@ligmaballs674 Wow! 1 IQ? Mine's in the negatives. :)

    • @thomastruthseeker
      @thomastruthseeker Před 2 lety +3

      I promise, this isn't a competition. I just wasted 50 miles of gas, the money and time of those closest to me, to go to an appointment and didn't have my ID. Waste of time, space, and money, right here.

    • @Dragongirl06
      @Dragongirl06 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ligmaballs674 imagine having an iq

  • @megadubstepxd9462
    @megadubstepxd9462 Před rokem

    "So... the cerebellum is important?", "dude I don't f*cking know..." sums it up perfectly.

  • @Voidmoth1
    @Voidmoth1 Před rokem +2

    technically, he can use 100% of his brain.

  • @pkz420
    @pkz420 Před 2 lety +39

    5:31 "He had a 'good'(sic) job working as a civil servant."
    5:37 "There was nothing about his life that suggested he was suffering from catastrophic brain damage."
    Only one of those statements can be true.

  • @jve89
    @jve89 Před 2 lety +131

    'He was married with 2 kids'. After all he was a bit of an oddball.

    • @mohammedfahadnyc1385
      @mohammedfahadnyc1385 Před 2 lety

      😂😂😂

    • @Leto85
      @Leto85 Před 2 lety +4

      In my country, marrying one child is illegal already, never mind being married with two children. XD

  • @brianrigsby7900
    @brianrigsby7900 Před rokem

    1:48 the heck is that? I’ve never seen a scanner like that and I’ve seen A LOT of scanners!😂

  • @StarPlatinum7912
    @StarPlatinum7912 Před 2 lety +1

    *”But what if we used 100% of the brain?”*

  • @yeetman9488
    @yeetman9488 Před 2 lety +65

    me when I see this title: well of course i know him, he's me

  • @UnyPhi
    @UnyPhi Před 2 lety +96

    “Without the things that make you a human, you wouldn’t be human at all.”

    • @opiniononion919
      @opiniononion919 Před 2 lety +1

      If you're referring to brain stuff, that doesn't quite hold up.
      Like if someone were to remove my brain completely, I would be very much dead, but still human.
      To be human, the only qualification you have to meet is being "made" by two other humans through the act of procreation =)

    • @UnyPhi
      @UnyPhi Před 2 lety +6

      @@opiniononion919 if you removed all your human you wouldn’t be human.

    • @mannybutler7517
      @mannybutler7517 Před 2 lety +1

      yes the floor is floor

  • @LawByStan
    @LawByStan Před rokem +1

    You should have added your WAR ROBOTS paid ad at 6:23. Would have made perfect sense!

  • @LightDiodeNeal
    @LightDiodeNeal Před rokem

    I've had a lobectomy to cure epilepsy. Now half blind but I'm happy having no seizures. Precision surgery, superb.

  • @maveryk
    @maveryk Před 2 lety +164

    all things considered... his IQ was incredibly high when compared to the average civil servant.

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz Před 2 lety +7

      Considering that most of people with the IQ of 75 flip burgers or pump gas at best. Still, relative to the brain size, he was basically a genius.

    • @PhonePhone-sf8te
      @PhonePhone-sf8te Před 2 lety +1

      this is exactly what I was thinking.

    • @jhwheuer
      @jhwheuer Před 2 lety

      Cheap shots month?

  • @cookie_884
    @cookie_884 Před 2 lety +37

    When we talk about our brain, we’re talking in 3rd person.

  • @daanbos5918
    @daanbos5918 Před 2 lety +1

    Do you know a man whit only 10% of his brain?
    Me: well of course I know him, he’s me

  • @ericbailey1182
    @ericbailey1182 Před 2 lety

    nice of you to do a video on me man! i really appreciate it!!

  • @Kyleplaysgames567
    @Kyleplaysgames567 Před 2 lety +105

    Just imagine a full sized brain at the same density of his compacted brain.

    • @Sumirevins
      @Sumirevins Před 2 lety +5

      Ya I mean Brain Size doesn't really matter it's the number of nerve Connections that does afterall

    • @98Zai
      @98Zai Před 2 lety +10

      We've had the same size skull for as long as we've been homo sapiens, but since soft matter doesn't stand the test of time, we don't know what their brains looked like. During all this time we've probably increased the density of our brain manifold, creating the characteristic folds we now display. The fact that his brain could be compressed so much more is very inspiring! I wonder if anybody is working on a way to speed up that process.

    • @thegreatestshenfan6484
      @thegreatestshenfan6484 Před 2 lety +1

      @Glenn Quagmire poopoo peepee

    • @KlavierMenn
      @KlavierMenn Před 2 lety +1

      @@98Zai We'd run on some problems quite fast. First would be the Landauer Limit. It governs limits of energy usage in computation with one of the limits being the temperature of the system... and the human brain do run hot.

    • @98Zai
      @98Zai Před 2 lety

      @@KlavierMenn Yes, I know theoretically it cannot become much bigger, because of cooling problems.. But since we only use 20%? of our brain at any given time, I believe it's possible to have more complex areas that specialize and don't need to constantly run. Well, I'm not a specialist, but heat is only generated when areas are actually active.

  • @topo.9144
    @topo.9144 Před 2 lety +58

    Imagine this man get shot in the dome by an attacker and he just gets right back up cuz his brain was so tiny the bullet missed it and the attacker is just standing there like WTF????

    • @blackshogun272
      @blackshogun272 Před 2 lety +8

      I'm pretty sure he could still bleed out if he didn't get medical attention immediately

    • @topo.9144
      @topo.9144 Před 2 lety +9

      @@blackshogun272 At least he will still have the strength to tackle the crap out of his assaulter and hopefully beat him to a bloody pulp before he dies at least he avenged his own death XD

  • @billymays3992
    @billymays3992 Před rokem +1

    10% of a brain and still more successful than me

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 Před rokem

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

  • @justjennsearcious507
    @justjennsearcious507 Před 2 lety +54

    Did anyone else hear thoughty say that that man was diagnosed when he was a 6-month-year-old baby

    • @chrism6952
      @chrism6952 Před 2 lety +3

      yeah had to rewind and listen to that twice

    • @ndawn90
      @ndawn90 Před 2 lety +1

      Ok, thank you!! I'm so glad someone else heard it!!

  • @jazzdirt
    @jazzdirt Před 2 lety +66

    14:33 Not just in blind people, research has also shown, composers when writing music use their visual cortex to do that. Like visualizing the tension curve and build up in a bit of music, is literally visualizing as far as the brain in concerned..

    • @davidmacphee3549
      @davidmacphee3549 Před 2 lety +1

      Nicola Tesla and Einstein

    • @serenabaccari51
      @serenabaccari51 Před rokem +3

      That's basically how synesthesia works and that explain why we all have a little bit of it, even though synesthetes like me still sound weird and crazy when they describe what they see while reading a word.

    • @jazzdirt
      @jazzdirt Před rokem +2

      @@serenabaccari51 I don't think synesthetes are weird... I perceive music as a tangible thing that I can pluck at and interact with. Who am I to call someone else weird??...

    • @serenabaccari51
      @serenabaccari51 Před rokem +3

      @@jazzdirt You are so nice ahah. I meant I sound weird to non-synesthetes btw. The more different and weird you are, the more you comprehend, the more you mature, the less you judge

    • @owenkegg5608
      @owenkegg5608 Před rokem +2

      Brains are weird man. Happens with very few other foods but carbonated beverages have shapes to me? Coke tastes like a barcode.

  • @Lyuktheduke
    @Lyuktheduke Před rokem

    Absolutely fascinating!

  • @p3nnyroyalteaaa
    @p3nnyroyalteaaa Před rokem +1

    i have no idea why but this video brought me happiness as i have hydrocephalus (due to a premature birth, was diagnosed at a month old) and it's rarely talked about :,)

  • @derptyderp5287
    @derptyderp5287 Před 2 lety +90

    The fact nobody noticed any signs he only had a tiny brain surely says enough about everyone else to know why he didn't seem out of the ordinary...

  • @wizardgaming669
    @wizardgaming669 Před 2 lety +37

    I saw the title and thought the Canadian prime minister was giving a speech again.

    • @johndavidson2365
      @johndavidson2365 Před 2 lety +8

      If he had said 2% I would of thought the Resident of the United States.

    • @chassegallerie2910
      @chassegallerie2910 Před 2 lety +2

      I think our PM have less than 10%. I mean, look at him going. Troudeau would be better than he is if he had 10% of a brain.

    • @RUESPEED1
      @RUESPEED1 Před 2 lety

      Or all of them at the Summit. Together.

    • @chassegallerie2910
      @chassegallerie2910 Před 2 lety

      @@RUESPEED1 No, when you add the intelligence of politicians together, you got to do it as if you were making an addition between two negative numbers.

  • @blametheghost
    @blametheghost Před 2 lety

    So basically we are just a brain piloting a fleshy mech that needs life support, kind of fitting for the sponsor

  • @sarasolomon4812
    @sarasolomon4812 Před 2 lety +14

    My biggest question is, what happened when they reduced the pressure? DID they reduce the pressure? I'm assuming surgeons replaced the shunt, but obviously they couldn't drain it all at once, suddenly. But if the doctors slowly reduced the fluid, would his brain "bounce back" and expand? Would his IQ of 75 increase as the pressure decreased? I did some research on Google, but found nothing. This man is entitled to his privacy, so I guess he hasn't discussed his treatment with the public. I'm sure he's being closely monitored though.

  • @shewolfsiren
    @shewolfsiren Před 2 lety +50

    As Spock would say: “Fascinating!”

  • @SManey81
    @SManey81 Před 2 lety +61

    Yeah I received multiple brain injuries when I was in High School; one in the left temporal lobe and another in the front right cortex. I lost most of my English, most of my childhood memories, and short term memory. However, over time, I was able to relearn English and my short term memory has drastically improved. It is fairly amazing what the brain can do.

  • @thewheelofrandomness3007

    4:52 "6mont year old baby" well said

  • @AJdet-2
    @AJdet-2 Před rokem

    " he worked as a civil servant " ..
    Perfect

  • @KryptosArt
    @KryptosArt Před 2 lety +157

    it is absolutely insane how incredible the body is adapting. I have first hand examples of this as well:
    1. I had an aneurysm in my aorta as a baby and they put the smallest graft they had when they had to remove it, they were certain that they’d have to replace it as I grew but when they checked it in my teen years my body had created new blood vessels to compensate and provide blood to my legs.
    2. When I was 19-20 I began loosing blood at a slow rate to the point where I should of basically been dead. My body managed to make do with what it had for months, I mean.. it couldn’t so much but it kept me alive against the odds so. I was coherent and speaking in the ER then they pumped me full of oxygen and blood and I am obviously alive now so yay.
    In short, bodies are awesome and dealing with what is given, but still go to the doctor if you think somethings wrong.

  • @mayuri4184
    @mayuri4184 Před 2 lety +200

    This man gives "use 100% of our brain" a new perspective. Huh.

    • @RobeonMew
      @RobeonMew Před 2 lety +3

      Not when saying 10% is false, but I see the angle

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 Před 2 lety +3

      Ask Joe Biden...

    • @mayuri4184
      @mayuri4184 Před 2 lety +3

      @@baneverything5580 Based. 💯

    • @iaminyourhome8145
      @iaminyourhome8145 Před 2 lety +1

      Ofc hes french

    • @toonie3010
      @toonie3010 Před 2 lety +1

      Don't we only use 1% of our brain therefore making his 9% other half also useless

  • @efremlee6990
    @efremlee6990 Před 2 lety

    Always very interesting. Good job.

  • @johno9507
    @johno9507 Před rokem

    My boss acts like he only has 10% of his brain.

  • @Hynnar
    @Hynnar Před 2 lety +128

    This explains a lot about Flat Earthers, Karens, and people that think yelling at the screen will cheer on a team.

    • @KP6..
      @KP6.. Před 2 lety +16

      cmon whats wrong with shouting at the tv the excitement is greater than us

    • @gwen4557
      @gwen4557 Před 2 lety +13

      @Bob Bobbington McBob not as much as your comment 👍😄

    • @dexter1981
      @dexter1981 Před 2 lety +2

      it would be interesting to know, what we need to add or remove from such peoples brain to incrase their IQ

    • @hassanoffical181
      @hassanoffical181 Před 2 lety +1

      @@gwen4557 CRINGE ALERT! YOU ARE USING CRINGE EMOJIS.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 Před 2 lety +3

      Promotion of Flat Earth Theory is mostly a psy-op to discredit alternative thinking. Don't agree with the government? You must be a flat Earther too.

  • @TheEternalHyperborean
    @TheEternalHyperborean Před 2 lety +129

    "75 iq is just about within the normal range" Uhh, no.

    • @pascalb.8434
      @pascalb.8434 Před 2 lety +18

      It is for albanians

    • @ryanhiggins8869
      @ryanhiggins8869 Před 2 lety +17

      Seems legit nowadays

    • @anon-iraq2655
      @anon-iraq2655 Před 2 lety +17

      It is
      100 is the average not the standard

    • @wertiaaudit5746
      @wertiaaudit5746 Před 2 lety +5

      Doesn't matter anymore really as I think anyone with an IQ of like 25 to 50 can use a computer proficiently so its probably safe to say 75 iq can put you on the same edge as someone with 150 iq as wouldn't people with great pattern recognition go into music and end up like homeless in LA while an person with an iq of 50 be just playing minecraft and be exposed to plugins in in my constitutional opinion privilege.

    • @AleksandrKramarenko
      @AleksandrKramarenko Před 2 lety +24

      @@wertiaaudit5746 No. With an IQ of 25 to 50 you cannot use computers well. That's off topic anyway, and therefore irrelevant. An IQ around 100 is normal, and 70 puts you in the mental disability range. So, this guy with an IQ of 75 certainly didn't have a normal IQ. We don't know what his job was, but it must've been something mundane and repetitive, like pushing papers.

  • @leccy9901
    @leccy9901 Před 2 lety +1

    I know a guy who had 20% of his brain removed after being shot in the head (did it himself) he's still alive, very childlike mentally, but moves about, goes the gym, has a girlfriend, relatively normal. Brains are crazy complicated.

  • @sigiligus
    @sigiligus Před rokem

    People online: "nooooo your brain stops developing when you're 25, it's over for me!"
    Guy with almost no brain: "lmao imma get a maths degree."