This Is the Biggest Myth In Science
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I just ate money in a vid 💵
You’re my celebrity crush 😻
This was a great video. Thx
Excellent vid mate,love the light-hearted way you educate those 10 percenters 😁
Thanks . I always knew it was a stacked shit story. Good lookin out.
I always thought the other 90% was for absorbing alcoholic beverages.
😂😂
So did your mom.
Underrated
Lunch time,doubly so...
Legend has it, one time a doctor found blood in my alcohol system
"life isn't actually one giant compaction to see who can achieve the most stuff even though it feels that way sometimes" that's some powerful stuff right there
Asian parents: I'm gonna pretend that I didn't see that.
Compaction? Also thats an incredibly long sentence.
@@theprinceofallsaiyans5830: How dare he use words. He should watch a lot more Dragon ball (an incredibly long anime...) while eating cheetos on a couch...
Nature is an engineer.
thank you
“He attended Harvard at 11 years old, a record at the time”
What?! How many nursery kids are running around that school?!
Arguably there are many more 11 yos that mere have the age of 18 to 22 that attend there these days.
Eugene de Silva graduated at 15 from Harvard...dunno when she got in. I think William James still holds the record for that.
@@Ecstatic__ Yup. After 110 years, William James Sidis still holds the record for youngest person admitted to Harvard.
😋🤨
"After all; Life isn't actually one giant competition to see who can achieve the most stuff, even if seems that it is sometimes. Thanks for watching."
~ Thoughty2
Thank you.
I was blown up in Baghdad, 2008. My left frontal lobe and left inner ear no longer work right. Before I was medically retired from the Army, I would tell my men that even at 75% brain capacity, I was still 100% better off than 99% of them, hahaha! I guess you had to be there. . .
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I like the way you phrased that, getting blown up lol. Thanks for your service sir
@@Juliankb39 it's more of a British way of saying it, probably picked it up after serving alongside them
Yep and you're probably smarter than the half witted morons who sent you out there, then betrayed your work: Buck Fiden & the Afghanistan debacle.
@@gordonpeden6234 Except Baghdad is in Iraq.
"Don't worry, I'm not trying to sell you anything."
Several sentences later...
"I want to take a moment to talk about hair loss."
Spot on Like Alex Baldwin saying: "I pulled the hammer back; but she told me to! Therefore it's her fault I shot her."
@@gordonpeden6234 - In what world is it in any way like that?! It's NOTHING like that.
If you are gonna try and be edgy with 'humour' like that, at least be funny first.
You unfortunately were neither.
@@Val-M. GFY!
"I'm not trying to sell you anything.... right now"
Oh c'mon, the man's gotta eat. Nothin' in this world is free.
I've always despised this myth. When I caught a history teacher casually reciting it in conversation, I reminded him that a chunk of your brain regulates involuntary bodily functions.
Despised? Thats a pretty high form of hate for an idea.
@@theprinceofallsaiyans5830 wdym?
Well, acquired savants are thing. They are people who became geniuses (mostly mathematical geniuses) after a head injury, which I guess is the most similar thing to “reaching your brain’s full potential” that exists
@@theprinceofallsaiyans5830 a lie*
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My half-brother has asked me before how I can spend so much time in front of a computer without going insane. I in turn asked him how he can spend so much time out in the woods hunting without getting tired of the coldness, or the mundane tedium of trying to be quiet. Point is, unless you're willing to dedicate time, energy, and resources to what you're doing, you're never going to be good at it, and part of it boils down to personality as well as necessity.
In defense of the 10% myth, today is one of those days that I wonder if I have a functioning brain at all. As proof, I once tore the house apart looking for my missing glasses before my wife suggested I look for them... In the mirror. Yup! I'm a genius, ain't I?
I can relate to that. Earlier today spent almost 3 hours looking for a " red " box , and it was right in front of me. I even moved it to look behing it. 🤪 What a dingbat. hope you and yours have a great/safe weekend.
i have had the same thing but with a lighter. looking for it everywhere after wich i realized it was in my hand the whole time😂
Who will own up to trying to switch channels on TV using your cell phone?
Once I was looking for my glasses, found them, put on and continued looking ( happy to see better) found the second pair and realized what was going on when I tried to cram the second pair on my nose. Wait, it's not all- I had yet another pair on my head entangled in my hair 🥴...IQ above average, sober.
Your wife seems to have realized her 100% potential on your account wahaha
This myth gives people hope, that they can become smart, without hard work
It's not a myth, that 90% is your subconscious mind
That part of your mind is the mind that comes out at night and is responsible for remembering everything.
Scientists are starting to find evidence of it, that we have 2 minds the conscious mind and subconscious mind
@@it7evenSins nope
@@it7evenSins bullshit
It's somehow funny how our brain is the one judging itself whether it's using itself fully
true irony, isn’t it?
also, a complete paradox! 😋
Also, we use the human brain to study the human brain... bananas!!!
Quite the conundrum..
I never took the 10% myth literal; I took it to mean we only use that much for thought. Even that, I figured, was to be taken with a huge grain of salt.
i got a feeling that when William James, who was one of the original members of the scientific society to study psychic phenomena - and gave considerable credibility to such events - talked about not using 10% of the brain had other things in mind
Have you looked out at our world lately? It could be easily argued that many people only bother using 10% of their brains and the proof is the world we live in.
it's just scientology propaganda hyped up by the media
It's a popular chit-chat myth. Like scientists don't know how bees fly, and Einstein flunked all his classes.
too much salt can raise your blood pressure
Politicians are required by law to use .000002%
That much? 🧐
The NEGRO uses even less !!!!!!!
and even that is 100% psychotic
Stupid.
like this one!! 😋
9:15 I always see the scanning of the brain as proof that more than 10% is being used because the whole brain is showing activity. But this is completely missing the point, it's not 10% of the physical brain, it's 10% of its potential capacity. Think of it this way, if you scan an internal combustion engine running at idle, all parts are moving. So is the engine running on 100%? Obviously not.
Einstein was a lot smarter than me, but you wouldn't see that from a brain scan...
LSD or magic mushrooms increase your brain activity, connecting all your senses :). Like you can taste colour xD.
I'm pretty sure it would be possible to see the differences in brain scans.
It's just way beyond our current understanding of the brain and likely too complex for a single human to understand.
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@@TerraxTerrelly i can say you're absolutely right about this one been there done that
A good comparison i use is between a solid container and an elastic one. The hard container has a limit to how much liquid it can take, but an equal sized elastic container can expand and grow to store even more potential liquid because the material stretch. Our brains are being used in the way the hard container is, but if evolution permitted, could be used as the elastic container and grow exponentially in size for the same amount of hardware.
So the end result just means that we have an amazing computer in our head that still runs on windows vista.
"Human brain is responsible for the world's tallest
skyscrapers for men walking on the moon
for harry potter aeroplanes microchips
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I can just picture thoughty2 in his past life working as a barman in a dusty old town somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, sharing bits of trivia about lost civilizations and far away lands to the weary inhabitants of his pub
Yeah....and boring them to death .!
@@2msvalkyrie529 helps them buy more whiskey
Thank you for making this video. I've always found this to be an infuriating misconception. I always tell people you use 10% of your brain like a traffic light uses 33.3% of it's lights.
And if 100% were lit up all the time, that wouldn't be more efficient, that would just be a real mess.
That's possibly the best analogy used to explain the 10% myth I've heard in a good while 👍🏾
I proudly use my 10%. I also use that other 90%. I use it for packing material to protect the first 10%.
I absolutely love the wrap up of this video!! I personally love learning things (as I'm sure most others on this channel do), however, I would be miserable if I was FORCED to learn stuff. That's no life
Imagine William James Sylis being SO smart that he discovered immortality, faking his death and now is making CZcams videos under the name of "Thoughty2". Nice theory aint it?
Yes I believe this to be true, and with old age you encounter problems such as hair loss, so he is very invested in curing these seemingly minor conditions
Why does this make sense? wtf?
His style of dress supports this theory
100% of my brain is useless.
Pls don’t Kermit suicide
@@tobyonatabe2601 nice 1
Change your dealer 😉
Always a good day when Thought2 post a vid.
I agree
Indeed. I sleep to him a lot lol
Facts man
It's Thoughty2. You forgot the all important Y at the end of his name. It's OK though, you must have been using only 10% of your brain. Therefore absolved of the spelling issue.
As Always, Light 💡and Love🥰~ yvonne
@@yvonaamariaa you're mean 😂
I remember that one powerful conversation in "Gifted", for the most part.
"Dumb her down if you need to, just treat her like a human being." - Frank (Chris Evans) when the school director and teacher tried to convince him to advance Mary's education.
i love that quote you said at the last part.. I feel so much pressure to be able to achieve anything in this life and I feel nothing but shame and get so depressed because I haven't really done anything to be proud of... I keep forgetting that life shouldn't be a competition. I'm working on my mindset about that. Thank you Arran. I needed to hear that! 🥰🥰
You know, this makes me think of the movie "Twins" with Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Danny Devito. It's basically about a guy who was trained his whole life to be "the perfect man" with extradinary physical and mental abilities, but no life. Danny Devito played the twin that was the "wasted junk that didn't get used" for his big brother. It was a good 80's flick. In the end, they met and lived haplily ever after.
I always feel like the Danny, the left over bit
"relatively little cognitive effect".... Dude, Phineas Gage totally changed personality from that injury.
Always enjoy your presentations. In this one... there was an additional information re: your sponsor, "Keeps". I found it humorous that you are sponsered by one company that specializes in keeping your hair while being supported by another company that specializes in removing hair from your body, "Manscape"! Do, please continue to posting your great work. Cheers, Dick from Vancouver.
Da Vinci remains the goat in terms of pure raw genius. The man never went to school but was an artist, mathematian, engineer and more!
He was educated if not in a school. He was not GOAT , Archimedes has that title by a good margin. In my estimation one has to actually DO something with that genius and Leo only achieved in the arts and not much of that. The rest of what he did was basically unknown till centuries later. Newton and Einstein round off the top 3.
I tend to believe that there are a remarkably large amount of geniuses walking around doing very normal, arguably menial things with their lives. I should have gone to some prestigious college from what my schooling had to show for it but the circumstances of my upbringing forced me to become a high school dropout and now I pretty much just look for the easiest jobs I can find and I just want to be comfortable, you know? I mean really, have you ever met anyone who’s in MENSA that wasn’t an extremely abrasive, elitist, narcissistic asshole?
You sound jealous and a bit regretful. Lol
I was a member of Mensa at the age of 10. Since then, my life has been 30 years of drug addiction and manual/menial labour. I know lots of people like me. Ive never had a boss smarter than me.
@@markbaker5599 yeah totally bro, true story 😂
@@markbaker5599 So sorry to hear. Addictions run rampant in my family so you have my sympathy. Definitely feel you about bosses, I was once told that I broke a faulty dish washing unit because I “got it too wet inside”.
Keep believing you are a MENSA candidate, except for misfortune which made you drop the doughnuts. This is an interesting thing about brains. They tell you over and over 'You are best' - Even if you are an idiot.
The brain works the same as holographic film. It stores total information in every part. If you take a pic of an apple with holographic camera and develop it you have solid 3D apple image. If you cut the film in half and develop it you still get a whole apple image but the resolution isn't as intact or clear. No matter how small the fraction of film you still get a whole apple. Complete information is stored in every part. Brain works same way. You can lose part of your brain and still retain all your memories. They may not be as sharp but its still able to be recalled. Everyone who wants to have knowledge should read "The Holographic Universe" by Talbot. Explains what I just related plus a great deal more about how life and all its mysteries work and create reality. Should be required reading. Thanks for this stimulating episode Thoughty 2. Lvya
Love your work thoughty!! Keep up the great videos, super entertaining 👌👌
Thank you for putting your sponsors in the first part of the video. Topics you choose are interesting and I get too into it for there to be an interruption anywhere after the middle haha! Anywho……keep up the awesome
When someone says we only use %10 of our brain, I tell them, "speak for yourself. maybe you only use %10 of your brain."
You use percent symbols (%) wrong. Maybe YOU use 10% of your brain.
I can't get past the poor Hyenas, I never knew that! You are brilliant, it's not just your Ma who thinks so.
That was random and cringe worthy, 🤢🤢 good thing I wasn't eating dinner 😅😅
Thanks, Thoughty2.
I really needed to see this video, especially at the end.
19:18 This is why you do ads at the start/in the middle of the video.
The impact this ending had was very grasping. Now imagine if you've heard _"your jingle balls will thank you"_ just after it. Lol.
Regardless, a great and insightful video as always, Arran! Best wishes from Poland :)
YOU are brilliant Thoughty, pretty much always leaving me awe-struck with your videos, this one even moreso. Grateful you exist and you do what you do, sharing with the world unknown or unexplored perspectives, to me they bring some peace and hope, so big thank you, truly.
Most of his stuff is pseudoscientific drivel . Not only
that : but it's all plagiarized from
the research of others !!
Thoughty2. You seem like an intelligent guy. But more importantly, you are wise!!
Loved this bit. Keep up the good work buddy..
You always seem to be able to produce challenging and informative videos..thanls
This is why I love your videos!! The end sums it all up!! So beautiful!!
Mr thoughty2 ur the best sir pls keep on making these videos they are very entertaining
The achievement of all our potencial is not only matter of will and hard work; it depends on the resources you have. Unfortunately education is not available at the same level for everyone, and even if it was, some people needs to invest most of their time in the "survival tasks".
Great video as always, thank you☺️
The playing field is as even as ever now that the internet exists.
@@tree12341 yes but you also have to fact check/ do your own research no matter how credible someone is, as people can make mistakes no matter how long they've been proficient in their own field.
I think its always been the same way. You don't really learn in school. School is designed to teach you how to learn and then you take that knowledge and apply it yourself. That's how most of the creative and brilliant people in the world have achieved great things. Expecting someone else to program you to be successful is unrealistic and a guarantee for failure. Knowledge and wisdom come to those who want and seek it, not those who go to a certain school.
Well said. This availability aspect is usually referred to as Luck as well :)
Hasn't this been proven totally untrue?
Many studies with identical twins where one twin ended up in a far more well off family than the other twin still ended up with the same IQ?
Brilliant conclusion to the video. Thanks for doing this. I love your channel.
i love all your videos always learning from them great job and please keep going
The most autistic child can be an expert at something because he has a narrow focus of his mind. I have a traumatic injury from the Navy in 1984. Through certain ways of concentration I have discovered how to increase endorphins and stopped taking my pain meds. My sleep went from 3 1/2 hours to 6-8 per night. During the day I read about a 600 page book in a week or less. OR I'll play sudoku on my phone.
Life put me in a box. I cut open new doors. No bungee jump, no skydiving, heavy lifting or roller coaster rides. I can live with that. My brain, I take 4 lecithin 4 times a day. It is the brain's equivalent to electrical conduit.
Life put me in a box, I cut open new doors.
Slow clap.
Also that's gonna get stolen.
@@akale2620 You're welcome to it. We all get measured and sized up by people. I just know who I am, and Who paid the price to get me off of the Hell bound train. My Hope and Peace is so Complete, that I am asleep seconds after shutting my eyes. Even during Hurricane Irma. My Wife made a bed for us in the closet. I slept through it, in my own bed.
@@timthomas9105 Have you tried supplementing your lecithin with piracetam?
@@LucTaylor Never heard of it. I was in Electronics for 30 years. During that time I also was reading a book a week for entertainment. Started taking lecithin and milk thistle as a liver cleanse. I lost 100 pounds of weight in 2 years. My gray hair went back to blond/red. And other changes. Being on pain meds slowed me down mentally and lecithin fixed all that. Even my youngest Granddaughter told me, that I couldn't be Santa Claus because my beard was red. I shaved it.
I see thoughty2 with a fresh upload. I instantly drop what I'm doing/holding and watch. My kid now has a concussion. Thanks. 😂🥳 Jkjk.
I wait until the title is interesting.
Kudos. Nice. As a science teacher, I did teach many things to my son, who started speaking only after age 3. However at age 5 he started reading newspaper like an adult with clear comprehensive ability. Yes, how you use your brain finally matters. Million thanks.
Your channel is easily one of the best around. The quality of the material seems much more like what I would expect from a large studio production company, as opposed to an independent U-Tuber. If you don’t mind, how many people are directly involved in making these videos?
He did mind obviously!
Yeah i definitely grew up thinking that it was true. Actually i distinctly remember my 7th grade science teacher telling us it was true the day we got to pass around and hold a human brain.
This video came out at the funniest time for me. I literally JUST did an assignment about the brain today for school, where my groupmates and I were talking about how much of the brain we use; he was super convinced we only use a small portion of our brainpower, but it became obvious that the theory lacked evidence to fully back it up as we did research haha
Wow, I love these videos. In fact I always did. And I am a watcher/viewer, for at least five years. Keep up the good work.
Most of my potential is wasted due to anxiety & depression. Plus a chronic pain disorder. Not a lot of neurotransmitters for me to work with, but I try my best. Love your vids
Did you know that 100% of a flat earther's brain is useless? I'll take my 90% with pride.
Just wait until you fall off the edge, then you won’t feel like such a Mr. Smartypants
@@gregbors8364 already did, i feel very smart
@@gregbors8364 I kinda feel like the 'ice wall' will stop me from falling off 🤷♂️😂
@@gregbors8364 did that, I just respawned on the nearest piece of ground after like 5 seconds of falling.
Hey good or bad but do keep the flat earth theory alive.
Good little sheep like you keep bringing it up and making it relevant to any subject. Good job.
I've also heard that we are only capable of focusing on 10 percent of our surroundings at any one time. This seems more believable to me.
I'd say that we are aware of 10% of what's going on because our brain does the scanning and processing on subconscious level. But it's just my opinion.
"The human mind is a funny thing." I think Freud said that.
17:48 I majored in Strategic SweeTart Aquisition with a minor in Frying Ants with the Magnifying Glass.
I feel like I use more than 10% of my brain for conscious thought.
if you're a regular watcher of Thoughty2, I think it might be closer to 42%
All thought is conscious
@@markbaker5599 Not necessarily what if you dont think and then thoughts prop up in your mind
@@masterchiefblank4885 dreaming
@@davidmacphee8348 A higher state of consciousness s what I think it is or its like those who cant visualize things like meters, peoples faces etc it may be a survival mechanism not being able to visualize anything
The other bit is only for keeping the good bit warm!
Skull, skin and hair: Am I a joke to you?
Bro I love ur video's. It gives me some room in my day to get rested. I always watch it when I eat and think about it the rest of the day. Keep up the work !
My primary school and secondary school biology teacher believed this. It was so annoying trying to explain to them that we don’t. At some point we just all came to a conclusion to let them be wrong.
Trying to argue with stupid people is like trying to argue with a rat.
Rats are smart. Choose a better comparison next time. It makes more sense if you say ameba etc. 😁
They used to teach it in the 80's when I was a kid in elementary school. So yeah of course it's false 😂. We thought Pluto was a planet and also learned that tomatoes were vegetables. So many more great truths in the 80's that no longer exist🤷👌🕵
I thought tomatoes were poisonous since they're a member of the nightshade family. ? My my, this does give my age away.....
The Secret is that Pluto really IS a planet, and that tomatoes are secretly planning to take over the Earth. I learned that in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", a semi-modern film documentary.
@@Kevin-et5zs 😂
@@amylarson3958 lol
Pluto was a planet, the definition of a Planet was changed. It's not that we thought it was a planet and were wrong. .
LOL.. love the Morgan Freeman joke... everyone is programmed to believe everything that man says.
I absolutely believe it is true😊
looove you food for thoughty....thank you for your low key SPECTACULAR contribution to us
Your work is undoubtedly brilliant and your perspective is always intriguing never dissatisfied or disappointed with your content 👍💯💯💯
Mine is 100% useless bro idk what you’re talking about
I just ate money in a vid 💵
19s, you beat me with 19s
@@Muscleman8562 no one cares
Btw 100% power is accessed by going to your flow state
99% of all atoms is said to be empty.
I say empty doesn't exist, only energy.
Therefore you are as is at least 99% perfect energy and only 1% material.
So be what you are more of vs thinking you are only what others see.
🎼Flowy
You should be flowy
Feel your head spinning
Kundalini whirlpool circle without ends
Yet it's up to you to make it spin
You need to be flowy
First time that I felt that swirl
I knew that I had to learn to see it in time
Yet unplugging is hard for us to do
With distractions around us all the time
I learned deep secrets I don't regret
Breathing controlled focus
Find results that get
Closing my eyes
Feeling circles
In my mind's eye
Flowy
You should be flowy
Feel your head spinning
Kundalini whirlpool circle without ends
Yet it's up to you to make it spin
You need to be flowy
I finally saw my way did you
And try to explain exactly
How that was dealt
Then once again I closed my eyes
And kissed the bright dark behind them
My mind it did melt
Chakra's got control of me
Since I'm flowing I now can see
Became the Medicine Man
And try to help
Flowy
You should be flowy
Feel your head spinning
Kundalini whirlpool circle without ends
Yet it's up to you to make it spin
You need to be flowy
You should be flowy
Feel your head spinning
Kundalini whirlpool circle without ends
Yet it's up to you to make it spin
You need to be flowy
I'm trying to make you flowy
I'm trying to make you flowy
Yes PlaysNation but it does feel weird when you get into it
@@jefschobert9765 um.........
What the fuck is a flow state???
Awesome as always. I always took the 10% used was for intelligence only (conscience learning & using what we learned) and didn't count the automatic usage (breathing, making a fist, etc.) I like this perspective.
This kinda motivated me, reminded me how important hard work is! 💪🏼
I kinda understand how he felt about not caring about academics and stuff.. his whole life was academics, it's the way that I'm tired of the way we all live.. I genuinely wish humans stayed as a hunter/gatherer. Instead of mass production, resource depleting, monsters. And academics lead it to this. Humans are trying to get smarter, by making and doing very stupid things.
You mean when life was “nasty, brutish and short?” When people died from in 30s, at best, from their teeth, childbirth, mysterious and terrifying things like WEATHER and DISEASES?! From random violent massacres? Your fantasy of hunter-gatherer bliss is just that. I wish atavistic luddites like yourself would take some time to genuinely educate yourselves. Start with the Bronze Age collapse of civilization, perhaps.
Sorry, I got a little worked up there.
Fantastic video! Nurse here: Consider the psyco social impact of trading your life for mastery of different things. And that brings up the subject of different kinds of IQ's. Also; playing with toys, AKA Playing is one of natures most vital ways of preparing for survival (IQ) in life most prominently observed in mammals but has even been observed and theorised even in molusks like octupi.🇸🇪
Brilliant video with a beautiful message. ❤
Only using 10% brain: false... Only achieving a fraction of our brain's potential: true??? I mean, the actual number value 10% was obviously pulled out of someone's ass, but basically both are saying the same thing! Both statements suggest that we could be doing a lot more with our brains. That's the point.
No, I think the "potential" meant that we are only utilizing 10% of our TIME trying to achieve things.
You're very good, very interesting and very obviously underrated. But some of us do appreciate you. You have no real competition. So if you want to please keep informing and enlightening us!
Thanks for all the interesting vids, Thoughty2! :)
Man, why did the algorithm stop suggesting your vids. I thought stopped making videos since months. Now I see you've been producing all along.
amazing video as always
Phineas Gage : " I used to be a railroad construction foreman like you. Then I took an iron rod to the skull. "
Having researched and programmed a small artificial neural net engine (a few thousand neurons, roughly), I observed behavior of dissipation throughout the network. After a lot of experimenting and tweaking, I learned that reducing the dissipation resulted in feedback loops that would stack within incoming signals and force a lot of neurons to be always firing. The resulting behavior of the overall AI was akin to an epileptic seizure. I am therefore convinced our brains work similarly but acknowledge this was just my hobbyist venture into AI and neural science - I'll certainly bow out to experts in the field. If my theory is correct, only a fraction of our brain (10%? Who knows?) might be used for actual cognitive and motor processing while a larger portion is used for signal dissipation. However, we can't and shouldn't try to use the dissipation neurons of our brains for anything else as the results would be signal amplification to the point of losing complete motor and cognitive control.
I'll also guess that MRI scans probably wouldn't be able to directly detect a distinction between the processing neurons and dissipation neurons. Primarily because the brain's structure probably doesn't make a clear distinction, but rather just uses neurons for either or both regardless of their location in the brain. There certainly might be a part(s) of the brain that specifically is used for dissipation, but I don't think that would be necessary, so it probably would never evolve.
Very profound and cautionary. Im in Texas, when I make UK-fall again let's hit a pub, Thoughty!
There's a House M.D. episode about "James Sidis". Great episode. I have a similar issue as the character did. Sometimes you just need things to slow down to not be miserable.
Being on a date with thoughty2 would be utterly amazing 🤩
at around 10:00, he mentions "65% of people believe this, that's more than how many believe in evolution"
im honestly more impressed and concerned that less than 65% of people 'believe' in evolution.
Thoughty, you should do a vid on the Aquatic Ape theory. I'd love to see your take on it.
"Moldy cauliflower". I like that. I never thought of it before but, upon reflection, it's actually startlingly accurate.
After hearing about this "use it or lose it" theory I suddenly understand why common sense is so rare nowadays.
Really...Really...Really great videos, love to watch everyone you make, thanks
Love your videos, iam just a guy who knows a little about allot so when you put out something I've haven't heard about and is the truth! It's nice to see. So from now on iam counting on you. You can do it.
19:29 - Some of the best advice and little gems of insight. Thanks for the great video.
Whenever I see an article about some kid who is going to college or doing miraculous work in quantum theory (or whatever), I always wonder whether that kid ever had a chance to just be a child. I think having a childhood is at least as important as being a child genius; probably more. As William James Siddis shows, a childhood genius might well become mentally ill and become unable to do anything academically...
Rewatching this vid for fun. Love you 42!
Very true my friend. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Two of my absolute favorite movies. I'll try not to let this information ruin them for me.... thanks a lot, Thoughty2
Such a fun video. I love your channel. 🦋🌻
Not only did phineas cage survive, as he walked on his own feet to the emergency vehicle
I’d have to say, the movie Limitless, was the most “believable” fictional attempt at the 10% of the brain pieces of work I have seen thus far. Lucy, on the other hand was absolutely abysmal! At least in Limitless he was kept in a more reality-based storyline with how he used that extra cranial prowess.
45% of my brainpower goes into crafting bad puns and dad joke.
Another 25% is for categorizing and remembering the worst puns.
The other 30% is for simulating being a human and maintaining bodily functions.
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That was a thoughtful one. Very much enjoyed it. Kind of sad though, that we do not have a 90% reserve.
the bit about Morgen Freeman gets me every time - and from a Brit yet. believe me, it didn’t start out that way (Twilight Zone music) - or did it?! 🌒✨