Myth: We Only Use 10 Percent of Our Brains

Eric Murphy on January 11th, 2008

It hadn’t even occurred to me to check whether this was fact or fiction, but as I was flipping through Men’s Health Magazine, a glaring headline stood out: “Myth: We Only Use 10 Percent of Our Brains”. Ever since I can remember, I was always taught as fact that we humans only use 10 percent of our brains. After hearing this, I even went and checked out on a couple of sites: Snopes.com and AskBillNye. Darn! I guess i can’t use that excuse anymore. :p