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First off I might end up rambling here for a bit, but if you don't like it then don't read it. DUH!!

I find it really amazing how much our minds can do, yet at the same time, we're really not capable of much. The human mind can memorize basic facts and experiences, having the ability to store seemingly endless amounts of information, but it also has the ability to build upon these facts. Our brains form thoughts, feelings, and everything else on its own whether we like it or not. Humans have an incredible ability to THINK, more so than other creatures of this planet. We form our own personalities, opinions, beliefs, morals, habits, and desires, based on how we perceive and interpret things throughout our entire lives. We FEEL, we LEARN, we have EMOTIONS. Our minds can do all of this and yet, we use so little of them.

Humans use anywhere from eight to twelve percent of their brain, so on average we use about ten percent of our brains. TEN PERCENT!?!?!?!?!? One would think, that because of all we are capable of doing, we would at LEAST be somewhere close to eighty percent. We have skyscrapers, cars, computers, medicine, government, and so much more that would add to this speculation, yet the fact remains the same. Humans only use on average ten percent of their brain. Thats ten percent being used for primitive instincts, memories, thought, motor skills, the five senses, EVERYTHING....


So whats with the other ninety percent?


If one were able to somehow use more of their brain, what would they be capable of? Could they use telekinetic powers to move things with their mind? Could they telepathically communicate with others? Could they understand and have conversations with animals? Spontaneously ignite themselves? Fly? Levitate? Could there really BE a sixth sense?

Furthermore, will human beings EVER use more of their brain? In the past, humans were primitive right? However history shows us that over time, we got "smarter". inventing small things, that lead to slightly bigger things, and bigger, and bigger and bigger over the course of hundreds upon hundreds of years. we learned how to domesticate animals, farm, build homes, which of course only got better and better and still do. Advancements in medicine are constantly being made. Not only that, but we also formed beliefs, a sense of right and wrong, religions, governments, society. Who's to say that today we aren't using MORE of our brain than we were all those years ago? Who's to say that in the future we won't be using more of our brains?

Think about it...