Are our brains over-loaded with information
By mpshiva6
@mpshiva6 (65)
India
March 9, 2007 7:42pm CST
Today we have to hold a lot of information in our brains like PIN numbers, passwords, email ids etc. In addition we also have to remember operating procedures of various gadgets and instruments. Even operating a TV today has so many options and needs to learn first before operating. Then comes our mobile phones, audio systems, even microwaves. Apart from this we are also bombarded with a lot of information from TV, Internet, Magazines etc. Are our brains large enough to hold this deluge of information. Or does it push out old information to make space for new information. I am really afraid that one day I will forget things like the order of English alphabet or counting, things which I have learned a long time back. Will these information become old and flushed out to accommodate new information. Will someone answer me?
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@cloudwatcher (6861)
• Australia
10 Mar 07
Yes, our brains are quite capable - but I wonder about our wills! We are told that even the brainiest people only use a very small area of our brains: I believe something like 20%.
However, we put up a resistance with "I can't understand that" and we don't use our will power to TRY to understand. As we get older we despair of trying to keep up with all the modern technology and especially with all the abbreviations - initials which have no meanings! Are our brains incapable? No! Ask any young person. They have no difficulty at all and their brains are crammed full of newly acquired knowledge.
I think we need to take a lesson from childhood and the story of the Little Engine That Could: "I know I can!" It IS possible but we need to change our emphasis from "I can't" to "I can"
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