Is the "We only use 10% of our brain" a myth or fact?

Question

Is the "We only use 10% of our brain" a myth or fact?

Answer 1

Its a myth.  It came from the fact that a famous scientist said only one out of every 10 nerve cells is firing a neron at a time.  This does not in fact mean that the other nine are not recieving a neron at the same second.  

Answer 2

Fact, science has shown that. Goggle it.

Answer 3

Well, you use all of your brain, just not for thinking. You use it to move and see and feel, etc..  

Answer 4

I think that it is just a myth.  And think of it this way, if the scientists who came to that conclusion were only using ten percent of their brains can you really trust them?

Answer 5

fact

Answer 6

It's true. Bummer huh?!

Answer 7

This is true for too many of us.

Answer 8

The bigger the head, the less it is used.

Answer 9

Myth.

http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10pe...

Answer 10

100% MYTH!!! (Check out www.snopes.com)

At the time the research was done that pointed to this theory, it doesn't seem to be noticed that at any given time *different* parts of our brains are active. We use the full brain, but not 100% of the time. So we use all of our brain, but certain functions are done at certain times, and not all of it is active at once.