brain myth

a common misconception promulgated by pop culture and word of mouth is such that humans, in all our pitiful squalor, use a very small percentage of our brain, and that the rest goes untapped, waiting to be unlocked so that perhaps one day, humans can reach their full potential as intellectual ubermensch. alas, such misconception is just that - and humans do, and have always, used their brain in its entirety; putting aside the fact that a brain operating at, say, 20% for thousands of years is one hell of an evolutionary waste. alas, however, the present author would put forth that some manner of this misconception is indeed true, by allegory or perhaps physical reality, for as the myth goes, it suggests that untapping more of our brain would equal more intelligence. given the present author's complete and utter lack thereof, it may, indeed, be apt to argue that some among us - the previously alluded to, for one - may indeed have, somehow, found a way to use an inadequate percentage of their brain. however, given that such argument would also assuage the present author of responsibility for their lack of capacity for knowledge, such an argument might also be a simple and lazy way to irresponsibly shift blame. the truth of the matter, like all things, is inconsequential.