Thread: "Déjà vu" Possible Theory

Originally Posted by theone1223

So the average adult human uses 4-6% of our brain,

I must ask, where does this statistic come from?, Its always something that pops up but I never know why they say thats the case .

In regards to the theory, I think thats an interesting take on the subject and would be really awesome if anyone managed to find a way to tap into their other self

Originally Posted by Jster

I must ask, where does this statistic come from?, Its always something that pops up but I never know why they say thats the case .

In regards to the theory, I think thats an interesting take on the subject and would be really awesome if anyone managed to find a way to tap into their other self

From what I've heard, the statistic is about 9% of our brain. I don't know if that figure is correct or not, but I know that scientists have equipment that can measure neural activity in the brain. So I'm guessing they took a control group of like 100 or 1,000 people and found an average of 5-10%.

I have, on average, 2 deja vu experiences per day and every time I have one, it feels like I've experienced the same thing in a dream. And sometimes I actually remember something happening in a dream ages ago, not just the feeling of it being in a dream.

ShockWave.

Originally Posted by ShockWave

From what I've heard, the statistic is about 9% of our brain. I don't know if that figure is correct or not, but I know that scientists have equipment that can measure neural activity in the brain. So I'm guessing they took a control group of like 100 or 1,000 people and found an average of 5-10%.
ShockWave.

Hmm, I am just curious as to why then damage to even a small area of the brain, for example a stroke can have such devastating effects if we don't use 90% of it. By all means I hope that statistic is true as It opens up a lot of possiblitys, but I just hear the statistic dismissed a lot