Blog Post #1: 10% of Our Brains

 

The age-old myth of people only using 10% of their brains was always a fun one to me. Part of me thinks that part of why this belief gained so much traction was that it made people, myself included, think that they are greater than they actually are. The idea that we are sitting on a gold mine of untapped potential that we can tap into gives people hope. Honestly when I was a child believing in this myth meant there was the chance of getting psychokinetic powers one day, which was a thought I held onto for an embarrassingly long time.