• Question: the film Lucy is about a girl being able to control 100% of her brain because some drugs got put in side her. is that possible?

    Asked by KaiF to Anna, James, Joe, Leonie, Olivia on 16 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by SD1901.
    • Photo: Joe Spencer

      Joe Spencer answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Unfortunately not.
      It’s a myth that we only use 10% of our brain, we actually use all our brain, if we didn’t we wouldn’t need it and evolution would get rid of it. There is still alot we don’t know about the brain, but sadly i don’t think we’ll be telekinetic anytime soon (which is really annoying as it would be awesome!)

    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi KaiF,

      Yep, as Joe says it is a myth. You also wouldn’t want to control 100% of your brain, as part of our brains ensure many of our body functions occur when they need to, if you controlled 100% of your brain, you’d have to be responsible for some of these tasks!

    • Photo: Anna Ashton

      Anna Ashton answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Exactly, if you didn’t use parts of your brain they would become weak and the brain space would be taken over by more active parts.
      This is because connections between brain cells are kept strong by activity, so if they’re not active the connections will break away. Use it or lose it!
      It is possible to increase your brain function by using something called Cognitive Enhancers, but these work by improving what you can already do and not giving you new abilities like in Lucy!

    • Photo: Olivia Lynes

      Olivia Lynes answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      The others have got this spot on. That film was filled with so many scientific mistakes that it’s hard to know where to start!

    • Photo: Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes

      Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes answered on 17 Mar 2015:

      I didn’t see the film, but based on the other answers I’m not sure I should want to see it

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