A Theory and a Movie

It is said that people only use about 10% of their brains at their maximum. This means that when Albert Einstein was developing the theory of relativity, he was only using about 10% of the total amount he could use. It makes one think that, if people were able to harness that last 90% what we might be able to accomplish. Some have said that if we were able to use all of our brains, we could levitate.

Now, I don't think this theory is wrong or right. I don't know if it is or not. I do though, think I know part of the reason that we don't use our whole brains. It is simply, I think, emotions.

How many times have you been unwilling to finish homework because you were sad, or depressed at something that had happened? What if you were continually always happy? And that emotion wasn't a block for your logical output- couldn't it be that then one might be able to better harvest the potential of their minds?

Now I'm not saying that emotion is bad; in fact, without it, life might be very unfulfilling. Emotions drive art- without it, someone of the greatest masterpieces both of pen and paint may not of been constructed- but I think, in some ways, they tend to hurt us. Love is grand, people continually say that, but how many people truly have a perfect relationship? And if it's not perfect, then there's sadness, and with that downtrodden emotion, people are less inclined to function to their potential.

Under emotion one may also classify spiritual beliefs. I'm not about to rally against believing in something, nor try to disprove it- I am merely making a point I thought of.

During the dark ages, when the world was suppressed by the Catholic Church, growth in science was severely limited. What if we had started the snowball of technology then that we did 2000 years later? What if we had taken away those years of repression by an intangible thing and used to create something tangible? Where would we be in technology? Would we laugh at our grandparents for boasting how cool their iphones were, for we have microchips just implanted at birth? No one can say, but I think one could label such a block as emotion as well.

Religion is good for some people- I realize that- but at the same time, where would we be if we all focused on science?

On a complete side note I watched the Darjeeling Limited this weekend with Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody and Jason Schwartzman. It's amazing. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants a quirky comedy. It's not really a laugh-out-loud comedy like Juno or anything, but it makes you just kinda laugh and smile on the inside.