whilst I don't profess to being an expert in this area. Could someone
please tell me how if "our brain capacity is being used at essentially
100%", we can still learn new Oly ( mandatory? OM content ) stuff? I
think that we are possibly talking about 2 different capacities. One
being memory, the other capability. So whilst we might currently be
functioning at 100%, we still have the capacity to improve our
capabilities, whilst increasing our memories.
David
Moose wrote:
>This is my belief too. Cases in Oliver Sack's* books and other sources
>make it pretty clear that our brain capacity is being used at
>essentially 100%. When one sense is lost, that area of the brain
>rapidly, and we are talking a few day here, starts functioning in
>support of the compensatory sense(s). Most recent example I recall was
>an episode of Scientific American Frontiers. A young woman was given
>training in reading Braile and her brain function when reading it
>tested. She was then blindfolded throughly for a week. At the end of the
>week, her ability to read Braile was way up, much more sensitive use of
>touch. The test showed that the visual processing part of the brain was
>very much involved in the use of touch, hweras it had not been at first.
>After a few days of "regained" sight, everything was back to normal.
>
>Moose
>
>*Are we all now to take public credit for correct plural usages? ;-)
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>W Shumaker wrote:
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>>Maybe it is simply "they" don't know what the rest of the brain is
>>doing. How does one "determine" whether we are using our brains or not?
>>OK, don't answer that. I believe we use 80-90% of our brain, we just
>>don't necessarily do anything deemed useful with it, like arguing with
>>ourselves.
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>>Also, imperfection is underrated. It is a very useful function.
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>Amen, brother!
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>One of my favorite poem/songs is from Leonard Cohen:
>
>"Ring all the bells that still will ring.
>Forget your perfect offering.
>There is a crack in everything
>That's how the light gets in.
>That's how the light gets in."
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