What would happen if we could use 100% of our brain?

What would happen if we could use 100% of our brain?

If we force to use 100% of our brain, It would look like this:

Seriously, the only situation that I know in which a person can “use” 100% brain utility (using every neuron connection at the same time) is during seizures. If someone know any other scenario, please tell me in the comments.

It comes down to how our brain proccesses information.

Our brain doesn’t work like most computer CPUs. Most current generation CPUs have cores that can do almost any task at a fix clock speed, basically every CPU cores is the same. Because of this universal versatility, you can utilize it to 100% CPU time utilization, in which every core is doing everything as fast as it can, to do the set of tasks you give to it. Because the RAM channel bandwidth is very high, you have relatively little problem in task scheduling.

For the brain, you can replace “cores” with a “nuclei” which is a cluster of neurons that does a specific task.

Our brain processes different kind of task/information in different part of the brain (cores), and there’s so many of them. Even every muscle that controls your fingers has its own “motor core” (a network of neuron dedicated to control that finger). If a core is not receiving enough information, it will not utilize every neuron on that core. But if it receives more information than it can handle, it will run at 100% utility, and ignore what it can’t process at the time (the data is lost).

Now, there's a special bundle of cores, called the prefrontal cortex. That's where you make conscious decisions based on the information coming from other brain area, although this part is physically relatively big compared to other cores, this core is easily overloaded because the task is so complex. Your standard IQ test mostly measures this core's performance.

Edit: Some say that this brain region is where your consciousness resides, but it hasn’t been proven to be true or not. It is still an interesting controversial topic (thanks to Kai Voges for the edit).

For example, if you’re playing basketball and you have the ball while dribling towards your opponents ring. This is what happens in your brain:

• Your balance cores are busy determining where your center of mass is, your speed, your orientation, angle of attack while running, accelerations, tracking where your legs are (this information is fetched from “proprioception cores”), knowing the ground textures (fetched from the visual cores), and a bunch of other stuff.
• Your visual cores are busy tracking the movements of the ball, separating the player from the background, judging distances, recognizing your team mates, knowing where the line is, judging the speed/acceleration of other players, and much more.
• Your motor cores are busy determining which muscle strands to contract at what time to move a limb, how much power that goes in a movement, etc. This core’s relationship with the proprioception cores is vital.
• Proprioception cores “remember” where your limbs are so you don’t get trampled by your own legs. (Yes, stumbling for no reason is your proprioception failing to do its job)
• Your thalamus filters out unnecesary information that will otherwise make your brain utterly ineficient and slow because of overloading (I have experienced it, its not very pleasant, theres a wikipedia page about it: “sensory overload”)
• Your audio cores are not so busy, they are waiting for a command or audio communications from other players. By constantly analyzing every vibration in the air that sounds like a human voice, and half-ass processing other sounds. If it finds a human voice, it will conveniently articulate it back into words for you.
• Your olfactory (chemical sensor) cores aren’t doing much. There’s not enough relevant information from the environment. It's beneficial to actually do this, since your thalamus and your prefrontal cortex bandwidth are easily overloaded.
• Your somatosensory cores (skin sensors) are mainly analyzing pressure points all over your body, and relaying this information to the prefrontal cortex and the others.
• The prefrontal cortex (your consciousness) is very busy doing a lot of analyzing, strategy, predictions, risk managing, decision making, etc. by processing the information from all of the cores above. And then it tells the motor cores what to do.
• All of the cores above are intricately interconnected, and constantly interchanging information, which results in massively pararel processing.

So, because not all information is relevant to the situation, there’re always some cores that have nothing to do, for there is simply not enough useful information to process.

But there’s more…

The brain stores information in its structure of neural connections. If you fire a random neuron without a relevant stimulus, it will trigger memories/muscle memories that aren’t even related to the situation. Imagine you fire a neuron that triggers your bladder/urethra muscle memory to pee. Or your muscle memory to play a piano while you’re holding a guitar. Your finger will press the guitar strings like a piano key. Or some random sensation memory, like smelling an apple juice, or something.

And then, imagine all… every muscle memory and mental/sensation memory that you have up until now being triggered. Now you are remembering and doing everything you know how to do. At the same time. Can you guess what would be the result?

Yes, a realy bad total seizure…

And no, you will not even be conscious if that happens.

So, the reason the brain cannot functionally operate at 100% utility is:

• not every piece of information is relevant to the situation, and there’s simply not enough useful information to process. (Non-useful information will only cloud your judgment, you don’t want that)
• There’re always some specialized cores that have nothing to do, because there’s not enough specialized kind of information for it to process.
• bottlenecks in some part of the brain.
• and it will make you do and feel everything you know at once. In other word, a very bad seizure.
• Sensory overload sucks

P.S: I’m a new writer here. Please have some mercy, and suggest edits if you can, English is not my first language.

How can I be less emotional?

How can I be less emotional?

1. Never suppress: Suppressing your emotions is the reason you're experiencing this in the first place. Be brave enough to let your emotions out.
2. Ask for help: Emotional strength comes from vulnerability. Whether it’s a professional or friend, talk to someone.
3. Know yourself: Know what makes relaxes you. As long as you are alive problems won’t stop. Having an action plan to calm yourself will help.
4. Positive proof: Your mind tends to look for “how things won’t work out”. Flip that and start looking for proof on how things are working for you. Every little step is a win.
5. Meditate: Learn to observe your thoughts and feelings as they arise. It took me a year of meditation to harness this, but it was worth it.
6. Self-care: Make yourself feel loved and cared for. Take care of your body, take a day off, get a massage, etc.
7. Be patient: Nobody is perfect. This isn’t going to get fixed overnight. You shall gradually build up control as you start to fix the real issues.
   

What can I do to become more bold and confident?

What can I do to become more bold and confident?

1. Stop taking actions based on other people opinion, be your own personal decision maker.
2. Try to know how to use to word NO more than you use Yes.
3. Start doing your own thing in your own way and avoid copying others of whatever they are doing.
4. Set some bigger goals and work hard towards them. The more you more achieve those goals the more confident you become in life.
5. Have some personal rules and let your acquaintances know those rules too. You will earn more respect for that and that is boldness.
6. Learn to politely challenge higher authority like consulars, Immigration officers, teachers and law enforcement officers. Proofing those people wrong always boost ones confidence in life.
7. Always try new ideas out, avoid discouragement and always encourage yourself.
8. Be a critic lover, the more you able to prove your critics wrong, the bolder you become in life.
9. Travel to a destination where many people would usually not want to visit because of discomfort.
10. Take risks.

What are the hardest and most useful skills to learn?

What are the hardest and most useful skills to learn?

The hardest skills and the right skills are always the same.

Here are 7-skills that are hard to master but pay off big time.

1. Sleep schedule: People know the value of quality sleep but never develop a consistent sleep schedule.
2. Listening: We know how to talk endlessly but we don’t know how to listen mindfully. It’s being mindful of yourself and the person.
3. Mastering thoughts: People are on all-time blame mode. It takes work to think positively, take responsibility, and change your situation.
4. Being vulnerable: People never experience full emotional vulnerability with their family or friends. It leads to an inability to vent pent-up emotions.
5. Delayed gratification: Being consistent with habits over the long-term, whether it’s exercise, studying, or business. People want a quick-fix and can’t be patient for results.
6. Awareness: Meditation teaches us how to live in the present moment. To see every thought and feeling as they arise. It took me a year of meditation to reach this stage.
7. Wonder: It’s a shame that we lose our child-like wonder and excitement when we grow up. We confuse being boring as maturity. It’s worth it to get that curiosity and passion back.
   

Can a person be depressed for no reason whatsoever?

Can a person be depressed for no reason whatsoever?

There’s a saying: Everything happens for a reason. Nothing is born just like that. Same goes with depression as well.

There are two types of people suffering from depression:

1. Those who can directly relate to the reason of their feeling low.
2. Those who feel that they’ve no reason to feel depressed or they don’t really understand why they’re dejected.

A lot of us sometimes go through the second sort of depression. A part of us believe that we’re cowards, afraid to face the truths, i.e. afraid to acknowledge or rather accept the harsh realities. We all want to live in a scenario where everything is perfect, working according to our wish: A default in our head, a goal we want to achieve. Time and again we envisage such a futuristic picture and console our current cacophonous situations.

Depression can occur due to work related issues, your career and even due to problems in personal relationships.

Let’s take an example:

Let’s say you’ve a really close friend who you believe is the perfect one until one day you find out that he/she is not that flexible anymore. You wonder what has gone wrong, though that person gives you a belief that everything is fine, which makes you hopeful, but time and again there’s this gut feeling which reminds you that he/she’s not the same one anymore.

You’re hurt but you don’t realize it.

You’ve a life. You’ve your own work to do everyday, you don’t get much time to think about it, but in your subconscious you know something’s disturbing you, something’s hovering on to you, something’s eating you up piece by piece until a day comes when you can’t take it anymore. You look back and try to find out what might be the cause in this multitude of rational reasoning but you fail to pinpoint anything particular.

A depression, which you can now call ‘A depression without reason’.

Boosting self esteem

What are some tips for boosting self esteem?

People who are unhappy with themselves and/or life in general will have a VERY difficult time believing the following, but I swear this works, and it need be anymore complicated.

1. Gratitude: come up with 3 unique things you are grateful every day, no repeats. Write them in a blog, or journal. Share them over the phone or via email with a friends. An attitude of gratitude throughout each and every day does wonderous things for one’s esteem.
2. Look for the good in others and sincerely compliment them whenever you can. Few people receive the appreciation and recognition they deserve and need. Recruit anyone who asks what you are doing to join you in your quest for being a good finder.
3. Look for the good in all that you are. You are unique, no one else on the planet has the same gifts, strengths, joys and loves.
4. Avoid sarcasm and cynicism with all the effort you can muster. Both are hurtful and tear people down.
5. Whatever it is that you strive to do, practice, Practice, PRACTICE! Strive to thrive in your efforts, not merely survive! The world desperately needs you to live and express your talents at the highest level possible. No one is served by you living small.
   

தூங்கும் முறை பற்றி சித்தர்கள்

தூங்கும் முறை பற்றி சித்தர்கள் சொன்னது என்ன?

தூங்கும் முறை பற்றி சித்தர்கள் கூறும் அரிய விளக்கம்..!!!

மனிதனின் அடிப்படைத் தேவைகளில் முக்கியமான ஒன்றுதான் உறக்கம் எனும் தூக்கமாகும். இது உடலின் ஆரோக்கியத்தைக் காப்பதில் முக்கிய பங்கு வகிக்கின்றது.

மனிதனின் வாழ்நாளில் மூன்றில் ஒரு பங்கு தூக்கத்தில் தான் கழிகின்றது. உடலிலுள்ள கோடிக்கணக்கான செல்களை தினமும் புதுப்பிக்கவும், உடலின் சோர்வு நீங்கி புத்துணர்வு பெறவும், உடல் வளர்ச்சி [குறிப்பிட்ட வயது வரை ]பெறவும், தூக்கம் இன்றியமையாததாக உள்ளது.

இரவில் தூங்கும் போதுதான் உடலின் வளர்ச்சி அதிகரிக்கின்றது என்று இன்றைய அறிவியலாளர்கள் கூறுகின்றனர்.

தூங்குவதைப் பற்றியும் அதில் உள்ள அறிவியல் உண்மைகளையும் சித்தர் பெருமக்கள் தங்கள் நூல்களில் வடித்துள்ளனர்.

தூங்குவதற்கு ஏற்ற காலம் இரவு மட்டும் தான் என்பது இயற்கையின் விதிகளில் ஒன்று. பூமியின் தட்ப வெட்ப நிலைகள் மாறி இரவில் குளிர்ச்சி பொருந்திய சூழ்நிலைதான் தூங்குவதற்கு ஏற்ற காலமாகும். ஆனால் இன்றைய நாகரீக உலகில் இணையதள நிறுவனங்களில் வேலை பார்க்கும் பலரும் இரவில் கண் விழித்து பகலில் தூங்குகின்றனர். இதனால் என்ன தீமைகள் விளையும் என்பது பற்றி சித்தர் பாடல் ஒன்று.

சித்த மயக்கஞ் செறியும் புலத்தயக்க மெத்தனுக்

கமைந்த மென்பவை களித்தமுற வண்டுஞ் சிலரை

நாயாய்ப் பன்னோய் கவ்வுமிராக் கண்டுஞ் சிலரை

நம்பிக் காண்

இதன் விளக்கம் :-

இரவில் நித்திரை செய்யாதவர்களிடத்தில் புத்தி மயக்கம், தெளிவின்மை, ஐம்புலன்களில் [உடலில்]சோர்வு, பயம், படபடப்பு, அக்னி மந்தம், செரியாமை, மலச்சிக்கல், போன்ற நோய்கள் எளிதில் பற்றும்.

வேட்டைக்குச் செல்லும் வேடருடைய நாய்கள் இரையைக் கவ்வுதல் போல் இரவில் நித்திரையில்லாதவரை பற்பல நோய்கள் கவிக் கொள்ளும்.

எந்த திசையில் தலை வைத்து படுக்க வேண்டும் என்பதை சித்தர்கள் அன்றே தெளிவாகக் கூறியுள்ளனர்.

உத்தமம் கிழக்கு, ஓங்குயிர் தெற்கு, மத்திமம் மேற்கு, மரணம் வடக்கு.

கிழக்கு திசையில் தலை வைத்து படுப்பது மிகவும் நல்லது. தெற்கு திசையில் தலை வைத்துப் படுத்தால் ஆயுள் வளரும். மேற்கு திசையில் தலை வைத்துப் படுத்தால் கனவு,அதிர்ச்சி உண்டாகும். வடக்கு திசையில் ஒரு போதும் தலை வைத்து தூங்கக் கூடாது.

இதனை விஞ்ஞான ரீதியாகவும் ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளனர். வடக்கு திசையில் இருந்து வரும் காந்தசக்தி தலையில் மோதும் போது அங்குள்ள பிராண சக்தியை இழக்கும். இதனால் மூளை பாதிக்கப் படுவதுடன், இதயக் கோளாறுகள், நரம்புத்தளர்ச்சி உண்டாகும்.

மேலும் மல்லாந்து கால்களையும், கைகளையும் அகட்டி வைத்துக் கொண்டு தூங்கக் கூடாது. இதனால் இவர்களுக்குத் தேவையான ஆக்ஸிஜன் [பிராண வாயு] உடலுக்குக் கிடைக்காமல் குறட்டை உண்டாகும். குப்புறப் படுக்கக் கூடாது, தூங்கவும் கூடாது.

இடக்கை கீழாகவும், வலக்கை மேலாகவும் இருக்கும்படி கால்களை நீட்டி இடது பக்கமாக ஒருக்களித்து படுத்து தூங்கவேண்டும். இதனால் வலது மூக்கில் சுவாசம் சூரியகலையில் ஓடும். இதில் எட்டு அங்குலம் மட்டுமே சுவாசம் வெளியே செல்வதால் நீண்ட ஆயுள் வளரும். மேலும் இதனால் உடலுக்குத் தேவையான வெப்பக்காற்று அதிகரித்து பித்தநீரை அதிகரிக்கச்செய்து உண்ட உணவுகள் எளிதில் சீரணமாகும். இதயத்திற்கு சீரான பிராணவாயு கிடைத்து இதயம் பலப்படும்.

வலது பக்கம் ஒருக்களித்து படுப்பதால் இடது பக்க மூக்கின் வழியாக சந்திரகலை சுவாசம் ஓடும். இதனால் பனிரெண்டு அங்குல சுவாசம் வெளியே செல்லும். இதனால் உடலில் குளிர்ச்சி உண்டாகும். இரவில் உண்ட உணவு சீரணமாகாமல் புளித்துப் போய் விஷமாக நேரிடும்.

Self Discipline?

What are the different ways to develop self discipline?

It really isn’t that complicated. It’s about knowing where to start.

A few tips I’ve been practicing for the past few years are these:

Self-discipline tip #1. Get smarter about maximizing your daily dose of willpower.

When we wake up, it’s not uncommon that we’re overwhelmed with the amount of things we need to do, so we end up procrastinating and postponing our tasks. That’s a critical mistake, because we all have a finite amount of willpower that takes us through the day. If you want to focus on priorities, work on them early.

• Complete one task that you’ve been putting off all week before lunchtime. It’s going to take much less time than if you leave if for the evening.
• Write up a weekly plan for the school or work week ahead of time. That way you won’t panic when a deadline is approaching.
• Finish homework that you’ve been putting off because you’ve been watching YouTube videos. You won’t need to stay up all night making up for lost time.

Self-discipline tip #2. Take care of your basic needs first.

Before you embark on your path toward any type of achievement, it’s important to cover the basics. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, that means meeting the first level of physiological needs such as food, shelter, and clothing. Here is the first opportunity where you can practice self-discipline.

• Eat the right food. Eat not just to be full, but also to stay healthy and maintain your brain’s optimal performance.
• Get sufficient exercise. Physical exercise is critical to performing well in every area of your life, so make sure to make it is a daily habit.
• Get enough sleep. When you’re sleep-deprived, you’ll never be able to function at optimal levels, either physically and mentally. Be sure to get enough sleep.

Self-discipline tip #3. Make a new habit stick by keeping it simple.

Every habit we’d like to acquire needs self-discipline, time, and repetition. If you’re reading this, chances are you feel that it’s time to make some kind of improvement in the way you do your work. To simplify a change you’re trying to make, start with tiny steps.

• Start with a micro task. It can be writing down a to-do list of what you need to accomplish in one day.
• Don’t multitask. Go down your list of tasks and look at each one individually. Don’t try to do a few things in the same hour.
• Divide your time into manageable chunks. Use the Pomodoro techniqueto maximize time and keep yourself on track.

Self-discipline tip #4. Practice saying no more often.

If you frequently find yourself running out of time to do what you need to do, it probably means you’re wasting time and energy on things that are not that important in the long run. Start building up your “no muscle” in small ways each day.

• When you’re in the middle of finishing up a project and a friend calls to talk, it doesn’t mean you should drop everything and do it. It’s okay to politely say no, ask to call them later, and stay focused on your goal.
• When you are working and your mobile phone lights up with a notification of a Facebook or Instagram update, don’t look at it. Keep your phone away from you when you’re working, and check it after you’ve completed a task.

Self-discipline tip #5. Make a specific commitment to yourself.

Commitments aren’t just promises you make to other people. You can — and should — make them first to yourself. A great way to begin is to define a very specific goal you want to achieve in a certain time frame. Here are a few examples of what you can commit to. Write it down in your journal, or write it on a large sheet of paper and hang it on your bedroom wall so you see it each day.

• I am committed to focusing on my studies in the next 30 days so that I can pass all three of my exams with top marks.
• I am committed to completing my to-do list for today before I turn on the TV so that I don’t have to add more things to my work agenda tomorrow.
• I am committed to keeping my goals so that I can make progress in my work or school and be proud of what I’ve done.
  

Secret to improve

If you can give me only one secret to improve myself, what would it be?

If I have to choose one, then it must be READING.

Start reading.

Read.

Read as much as you can.

The most important step is to start.

This is a thing you will need your whole life, no matter what you do in life, if you develop a habit of reading, you will be a step ahead from those who are at your current stage and will remain there only.

Successful person has one thing in common, no matter in which field they work, THEY READ.

If you see yourself as a well-established person from 5,10,15 years, then start from today. Just pick any book and start reading. This is a thing that will take time to become a habit but all you have to do is a START.

Useful Social Skills

What are useful social skills that can be picked up quickly?

1. Stare at the spaces between the eyes- most people are not comfortable maintaining eye contact and this is the perfect substitute. Just stare at the spaces between the eyes and the person will think you're maintaining eye contact.
2. Come early- this is my number one trick. If you want instant popularity at any event, all you have to do is come early. When you come early, you get to talk with the participants as they come. You can get to know as many 10-15 people before the event starts and this will give the false impression that you know everyone.
3. Wave at empty spaces- I learnt this from my Guru. When you're at a party and you don't know anyone. Just go around and wave and smile at the empty spaces between people. People will think you're are waving at the person behind them. If you do this enough, people will approach you as you'll seem to be the popular guy. And nope! Nobody will notice the lie.
4. Mute your phone- this conveys instant respect when you do it as the conversation is about to start. It shows that you really value the person.
5. Breathe before responding- how many times have you had your sentences cut short because someone can't wait for you to finish. I know it pisses you off. God knows I hate it immensely. People will hate you too if you're fond of doing this. Instead, develop the habit of breathing before you respond. Don't jump in between people's sentences. Breathe. It shows the sign of high self esteem.
6. Refuse to say it in public- some times we notice some bad things about our friends and as social dummies, we say it out loud. This is very wrong and it'll lead to resistance and broken friendships. Refrain from giving your criticism in public, wait until you're with the person one-on-one before you offer your criticism and make it specific.
7. Give compliments freely- It's so simple and easy to give compliments but I see that people don't do it most of the time. The other day I gave a waitress a compliment that she's beautiful and well becoming. You can imagine the look of surprise on her face before she told me that I was the first person to compliment her since she started working there 5 months ago.
8. Call people by their names- we do it all the time, we shorten people's name and call them by nicks. It's not fun at all since a lot of people ain't cool with this. It makes you special if you call people by their full name and you pronounce it properly. It'll only take you some extra few seconds to memorize someone's full name, so don't sweat it.
9. Always remember the topic- people don't care about your sport team, goals, problems, ideas or whatever unless it has something to do with them. Stop blabbing about you all the time. Remember that people love talking about themselves and if you want scintillating conversations, talk about them or something relating to them. And voilà. Magic!
10. Dress nice- of course it's a social skill, people rate you immediately the second they see you on how you dress and your body posture. When you dress becoming it puts people at ease.
    

Self-confidence day after day

Which habits do successful people avoid to keep up their self-confidence day after day?

1. Not Engaging with Pessimistic People, Gossipers and Negative People - It’s not valuable, nor productive, to talk to people like this. It often just leads to worse feelings.
2. Finding Similarities not Differences - To avoid comparing themselves in a negative way they look for similarities and figure out what makes them closer to the other person.
3. Talking about Problems Too Much - Of course they identify the problems, but everything after that is Solution-Talk.
4. Feeling Entitled - As best as they can they remember that what they have is not a given. They are lucky, blessed, and incredibly grateful for what they have.
5. Giving In - Successful People bind themselves to their goals not time. They get things done, no matter what it takes, instead of setting a time limit by which they will go to bed. They do not give in.
6. Not Staying in their Comfort Zone - The greatest things in life come to you when you leave your comfort zone and give life a chance outside of it!
7. Under delivering and Under committing - Instead, over promise and over deliver on that promise! It will build a confidence higher than any other!
8. Being Passive - The more passive you are the more you play into other people’s games and walk a path that you never wanted to walk. Make your own choices. Choose your own life. Walk your own path.
   

Heartbreaking facts?

What are some of the most heartbreaking facts?

#1

Learn to wipe your own tears, because when you let others do that for you, they most times come with a deal.

#2

The life you're living right now, no matter how terrible it may seem, is a dream come true for many.

#3

Never compare yourself with others, they might not stand your struggles.

#4

Stupidity is when you compare your beginning with someone else's end.

#5

Don't turn down a reason to be happy, take it. Life is very fragile.

#6

Idiots think they are geniuses and the true geniuses think they know nothing or are bathing in self-doubt.

#7

Kind-hearted people go through more shit than any other.

#8

No matter how badly you want a person, no matter how you make them feel, you can't make them stay if they don't want to.

#9

The life of others will continue without you.

#10

Learn to say No, it will save you from a lot of drama.

#11

He who thinks money can't buy happiness isn't poor enough.

#12

As harsh as it may sound, life is a solo trip with many visitors. In the end, we all die alone.