Super

Human beings have always been fascinated with the very notion of being different or having talents and capabilities that deviate from the norm of our genetic makeup. It’s a pretty intriguing theory, really. Scientists have found out that only 10% of our brain capacity is being utilised for daily metabolic needs, thinking, the conscious mind and your physical activities along with emotions and all manner of normal functions you find yourself capable of doing. 

But what about the other 90%?

Tho the figures are just estimates and there’s no empirical proof to the actual percentage of usage, I’ve always wondered about it really. What if, just what if the other 90% holds the controlling mechanisms for all the genes in our body that the scientists have yet to decode? Highly possible, no? Just a theory, I have no substance to back it up but maybe that’s why neurology has always fascinated me. Maybe my career in the research arena isn’t as dead-ended as I thought it to be. Give me an interesting theory and I might just be piqued. 

Of course, research requires funding. To top it off, one has to acquire knowledge on the subject and do a lot of reading on such matters to begin with. No doubts, it would take up a lot of the free time I use to write fiction and reading. I barely have time for my own notes.

Well, I suppose a little light reading now and then won’t hurt.

Recent experience in humankind has shown unusual incidents of abnormal brain activity in certain individuals. For example, in Einstein, he displayed a high number of glial cells in the parietal lobe of his brain. Such a phenomenon went to show that stimulation in thinking and acquiring knowledge was responsible for the unusual count of cells in his brain. Apart from that, he displayed dense dendrite connectivity (parts of neuron cells that interlink with other neurons) which also indicated much stimulation in a lot of thinking. People who think more have high dendrite connections in their brains, studies have shown. Google it or look it up for further certification.

Apart from that, Tibetan monks and sages and Hindu gurus have been able to lower their heart rates, blood pressure and generate heat in freezing conditions. These unusual incidents go to show that the autonomic functions of the brain can be controlled and regulated. Amazing huh? So imagine what we could really do with our bodies if we ever managed to unlock the secrets to our vast brain and genetic code.

Oh, some Hindu sages have been known to levitate in meditation. Unfortunately, eye-witness accounts don’t count for much when not subjected to vast public display. 

Maybe I’ve been watching too much Smallville. But come on, aren’t any of you intrigued by this as well?

 

"What a piece of work is a man!
How noble in reason!
How infinite in faculty,
in apprehension how like a god!"

~ William Shakespeare, Hamlet

How true indeed.