Are we the product of poor design?

[Jonathan Walkerin]

What do you mean we don't use our "present brain capacity"?

The old 10% myth probably.....

Ten percent of the brain myth - Wikipedia

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Anything that relies on optimal conditions is clearly not a perfect design.

I hope you don't take that sentiment into the workplace.

 

[pitabread]

The old 10% myth probably.....

Ten percent of the brain myth - Wikipedia

I was going to assume that, but maybe he meant something different.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

What do you mean we don't use our "present brain capacity"?

Is that a serious question?

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

?

It is a joke. Let’s see how it goes. If nobody marks it funny you win. If someone does mark it funny you are just slow on uptake.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I was going to assume that, but maybe he meant something different.

Most notably is the lack of will power to hunker down and get the job done. We give in to mental laziness. Mental energy is needed to fully realize our intellectual capacity.

 

[Ophiolite]

What do you mean we don't use our "present brain capacity"?

This is probably the "We only use 10% of our brain" meme. The odd thing is that people who believe it actually prove it is true.

 

[pitabread]

Most notably is the lack of will power to hunker down and get the job done. We give in to mental laziness. Mental energy is needed to fully realize our intellectual capacity.

What causes mental laziness though? Is that maybe a design flaw?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

It is a joke. Let’s see how it goes. If nobody marks it funny you win. If someone does mark it funny you are just slow on uptake.

I would be suspicious of anyone that found it funny.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

What causes mental laziness though? Is that maybe a design flaw?

If it's a design flaw it probably cannot be overcome.

Are you happy with your brain?

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

Most notably is the lack of will power to hunker down and get the job done.

What happened to “perhaps our lack of willpower is perfect for us” design talk ?

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

This feels like Oldwolf troll thread because he is bored.

I am out, have fun.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Funny dumb guy joke.

"If he had a brain he'd probably take it out and play with it."

 

[OldWiseGuy]

What happened to “perhaps our lack of willpower is perfect for us” design talk ?

I believe there is a lesson there.

 

[pitabread]

If it's a design flaw it probably cannot be overcome.

Are you happy with your brain?

Truthfully if I could, I'd rewire my brain to be a morning person instead of a night owl. Being a natural night owl in a morning person's world is fraught with challenges.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

This feels like Oldwolf troll thread because he is bored.

I am out, have fun.

Your reading comprehension is a bit lacking. Answers aren't trolls, rebuttals are.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Truthfully if I could, I'd rewire my brain to be a morning person instead of a night owl. Being a natural night owl in a morning person's world is fraught with challenges.

I hear you. I could have killed many more deer in my lifetime if I were a morning person.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Just what one would expect from the Smithsonian.

Yes, factual information about the natural world.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Yes, factual information about the natural world.

Bah, opinions.

 

[pitabread]

Bah, opinions.

You want to demonstrate breathing and swallowing for us at the same time then?

(Seriously though, don't. We don't need you choking on our behalf just to prove a point.)