And I don't have to worry about botflies. Just parasitic worms from outer space that crawl into your ear, squeeze through the canal, breaking through your eardrum to reach your brain. Once they're inside, they flatten out their elastic, slimy bodies to cover your your cerebrum, filling every little nook and cranny of your brain. After which they lock directly into your consciousness, able to control your every move, word. They become you. And you are locked away in a corner of your own mind. You can't move your arms. You can't turn your head. Your body has become a puppet, serving your alien commander, enabling him to carry out his evil deeds.
I was just thinking, you know, that mind control might one day be a reality. I mean, once we've mapped the brain enough...
Or maybe we wouldn't even need mind control. Direct electrical stimulation to the muscles could effectively turn a person into a living puppet. Yes.
Anyway, I'm sure everyone knows about the whole "human beings only use 10% of their brains" thing. The number varies to as low as 2%, from different sources. Now, it's astonishing how many people accept this as fact, when it is in fact something that has been disproved since the first MRI was used in neurology.
The statement "Humans only use 10% of their brains" is one that is used by many people who often share a specific belief. A belief in superhuman brainpower. Stuff like psychokinesis, telepathy. While the concept of psychic powers is really cool, the reasoning these people put forward just doesn't hold any water. They claim that if humans were to use all of their brain, we would have access to these awesome abilities. Now, this is wrong for several reasons.
Number one. the human brain isn't just a mass of junk stuck together that can process information. It's not one giant chip used to generate and interpret things. It's a complex organ, made up of many segments which work independently for some functions, and collaboratively for others. The conscious and the subconscious mind do not exist in localised regions of the brain. Rather, they are a result of the many interactions between the different parts of the cerebrum.
Number one point one. One look at an MRI scan would tell you that just about the entire brain is used on a daily basis. This is because you need almost every part of your brain to perform a simple function. Different regions become more active at certain times, but it all happens. To achieve what you call an emotion, you need the part of your brain that interprets stimuli, you need the parts of your brain which react to these interpretations, and the parts of your brain that tell your body to feel a certain way.
And there isn't a number two.
Simply put, your entire brain is there, and it's being used. You don't ever hear doctors saying "The bullet perforated his brain, but luckily it only damaged the 90% which he doesn't use." You can't use any more of your brain, period.
However, you can improve your brainpower and mental agility. We all know that connections are important in the brain, and there are stuff you can do to improve those connections. So yes, you can improve your mental prowess. But only to a certain extent. Most of us are probably already functioning at near full capacity, so... Yeah. You're not going to turn into Einstein, no matter how hard you try.
So, no. Improving your brainpower is not how anyone is going to obtain telekinetic and telepathic powers. There is no such thing as "mind over matter". Seriously. No matter how hard you will a rock to move, it will not move.
However, I have a theory! Hypothesis, really, but "theory" is easier to say. Also, it sounds nicer! Because it's almost as if I have actual evidence to support it.
Okay, my um, theory. I think I might know how humans might achieve telekinesis. Now, here's the definition of telekinesis. To move something, without touching it. It doesn't necessarily have to involve mind powers.
Now, me, being a fan of dimensional theory and such, I have come to think about how the different dimensions interact with each other... And how different dimensions are perceived by each other. For example, if there was a two dimensional being living on a 2d platform which we could somehow manipulate, we could fold this 2d platform, making two points become one. Essentially, allowing the 2d being to be in two places at once. In the same way, if you fold the 3rd dimension, we could essentially be in more than one place at once! Teleportation, if you will.
Now, if we get into the fourth spacial dimension(they theorise there might be one), who's to say that it might be possible that a person who exists in both the three dimensions as we know it and the fourth spacial dimension. Say this person could touch things in the fourth dimension, which are linked to the 3rd dimension. In the 3rd dimension, we wouldn't see his actions, but we will see the effects of this person's actions. So there, telekinesis!
Okay, now all I need is to wait for someone to make a joke about people not using their brains anyway. Hm.
-Joe