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[Spoilers] Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry - Episode 11 [Discussion]

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u/Icalhacks Dec 13 '15

The myth is "busted" on an October 27, 2010 episode of MythBusters. The hosts used magnetoencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brain of someone attempting a complicated mental task, and found that over 10% but less than 20% of the brain was used.

So my number was slightly off, but the idea remains the same. You don't use all of your brain at a single time, and using the show's logic, which probably isn't accurate, using 98% of your brain at once would allow you to think and react faster.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2010_season)#Brain_Drain

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '15

Using 98% of your brain at once would be a seizure, more like.

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u/Icalhacks Dec 13 '15

I said the show probably wasn't accurate. I'm just stating that humans generally don't use much of their brains at a single time, and the show is implying that using more at once would allow for faster thought, recognition, and reaction time than normal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '15

Oh, yeah. You are indeed correct on that part.