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RE: Zapping your brain during REM = %8 more memory
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 13:35:19 -0500
Consider it the cognitive equivalent of trying to pass at Talledega with a big honking restrictor plate....
do who with what now? I dont think we should use watching cars drive in circles for 6 hours as an analogy with higher brain functions ;-) ----> no no no, he meant that his response, physically, was like trying to pass at Talledaga with a huge restrictor plate... I'll sum it all up for ya: "Couldn't get out of there fast enough!" <grin> Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:41 PM To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu Cc: FunSec [List] Subject: Re: [funsec] Zapping your brain during REM = %8 more memory On 11/7/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:30:58 EST, Dude VanWinkle said:They may have to update this because I will take the route of saying that our brains run at 10 efficiency or that 10 percent of its potential.<and goes on to cite several examples that don't prove much of anything other than (a) there's a bell curve and (b) much of the cited behavior is actually trainable, and *has* been for most of known history
You are now arguing for the point I was trying to make. I am sorry if I didnt describe it very well. but thats what I mean when I say we arent using anywhere close to 100 of what are brains are capable of. We have the capability to use it and we can be trained or learn how to use it, but we arent currently using 100% of our functionality.
how do you think all of Homer's works were preserved?
matt groening backed up the data and archived it?
Note that it's also unclear what "100% efficiency" would *mean* - if all neurons are firing all the time,
If 100% of your neurons were firing all the time, you would fry your brain. Efficiency IMO has nothing to do with what percentage of synaptic connections are currently active. That would be at 100% power or something.
I'm sure that Saturday when I startled a bobcat in his lair when only 2 foot or so from the opening, I went through a *lot* of neurons comparing the snarl to every sound I ever heard, and coming up with a good response...)
Actually you weren't using any of your higher functions at that time. You were using the fight-or-flight response which i believe is in the hypothalamus and brain stem.
Consider it the cognitive equivalent of trying to pass at Talledega with a big honking restrictor plate....
do who with what now? I dont think we should use watching cars drive in circles for 6 hours as an analogy with higher brain functions ;-)
Also, firing the neurons more often means you burn more glucose, which means both more cooling issues, and the need to eat more.
Like I said, you would probably die very soon after firing all your neurons at once. Consider it the cognitive equivalent of dropping an M-80 in a watermelon :-)
This is why, even though its listed on snopes.com as being untrue, that I will still continue to quote that fallacy.Ya know, Dude, if you *used* the other 90% of the neurons, you could do amazing stuff.... like change your mind when confronted by evidence. :)
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