Using 100% of Your Brain and 100% of Your Data

Are you familiar with the myth that we only use 10% of our brains? We know this is not actually the case, but that has not stopped the production of movies like Luc Besson’s Lucy. The premise is that chemical compounds combined in the right order increase our ability to use a higher percentage of brain power. If everyday people could use that extra 90% of their brains, they would develop super-photographic memories or cool capabilities like levitation and telekinesis.

We know this is not the case. The idea is so wrong it is almost laughable, according to neurologist Barry Gordon at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. He goes on to say that we use almost every part of our brain all the time.

Sadly, when it comes to data, this is not the case. Imagine what we could do if used data the way Dr. Gordon says we use our brains.