I have seen WAY too many movies who want to use psychology/neuroscience in some science-y fiction way. And they usually go about doing so by talking about how we only use 20% of our brains…. But what if we could use all 100%?
This annoys me because it's totally false. Or at least it's promoting a false idea. There are some people who have 100% of their brain activated at the same time: it's called epilepsy! You do not want your whole brain firing at once because it screws up the circuits and causes all sorts of damage.
Next time you watch a commercial for Limitless or Lucy, please realize that these films to not reflect reality- even in the 'science' they attempt to display.
Ok, rant over.
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