Myth Hunting Let’s play a game. Let’s imagine that we’re digging for gold, where gold in this case are urban myths. Well, not ordinary myths exactly. Scientific myths. We probably won’t find gold, but it’s useful to look. And I have an idea where to look: the brain. Gold has been found here before. Consider the idea that we only use 10% of our brains : Researchers suggest that this popular urban legend has existed since at least the early 1900s. It may have been influenced by people misunderstanding or misinterpreting neurological research. The 10% myth may have emerged from the writings of psychologist and philosopher William James . In his 1908 book, The Energies of Men , he wrot
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