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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.sci
Subject: Re: darwinism
Message-ID: <253@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 13:52:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 14 13:52:46 1985
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In article <783@oddjob.UUCP> sandip@oddjob.UUCP (Sandip Chakra) writes:

>For some days the following question is bothering me. If the evolution
>theory is right, then why the human brain evolved to about six times
>as that of an orung-otung and yet human uses only about 5 percent of the
>brain cells? If the other cells were not needed then why produce them? Does
>any of you have an answer? ...

The hypothesis that we only use a small fraction of our brain cells is
an old one that's been since abandoned by most neurobiologists. At
least, that's what the books I've read in the last year or two on the
brain and nervous system say. You might check out a couple of recent
books from your local library and read up on this. There are some very
accessible books written by neurobiologists on the subject of the
brain's functions, but I can't point you to one.

We DO use our entire brain; it's just that many of the brain's
functions were not identified until fairly recently ...

                            -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly