"It was like 4am"
Why is that always the excuse when someone gets something wrong? I can function at 99.99% thinking capacity at 4 am. However, I can function enough to program. Why do people use this excuse all of the time? Does your brain quit at 4 am and go on a lunch break? Yeah, I think it must.
~>Jiskuha
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 Apr 15 2005, 1:12 am
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Maybe because for some people, being up at that hour is uncommon and their sleepiness impedes their thinking somewhat.
Just a guess. Since you know, not everyone functions at 99.99% brainpower even during the day, let alone at night. | |
Sarm wrote:
Just a guess. Since you know, not everyone functions at 99.99% brainpower even during the day, let alone at night. *laughs* Too true, too true. | |
Jiskuha wrote:
"It was like 4am" HOLY SHIZ NOT Jiskuha! 99.99%! I would probley be very supprised if I even use 10% my max brainpower. Dam you must be the smartest person on the planet. O.o can u move things with your mind too? :P Hmmm O.o I read some were that when you first wake up. Its the best time for creative ideas. Some how cause of your brain waves and there going from uhh *shrugs* beta to alpha. Not to sure dont know much about brain waves. As to it being a time of 4 am wouldn't and doesnt impair my thinking. Only excuse I use is "Im lazy leave me alone." P.S. Any one know the average amount of brain power people use? I dont feel like looking it up in google. | |
People use more than just 10 percent of their brain. I don't know quite what you mean by brain 'power'.
A lot of the brain is used up for memory, and not accessed as often. | |
People gotta have some excuse right? Being half asleep (or well beyond it) and missing something isnt such a crime is it?
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I don't know about 99% of your brain, but its been proven the general popolus only uses less then 50% of their brains abilities.
Anyways, I already stayed up 3 days and was able to function just fine. After a bit of time, you get used to the sleep loss. | |
It's more of you believe you function just fine, losing sleep has a ton of effects on your body. At 3 days you should actually be pretty much super impaired from sleep deprevation. Also, the 99% of your brain use thing is not really well backed up, people used to say that we only tap into 10% of our brain, but that changed with "studies". I really do want to see some backing and proof of where it has been proven that people have such great differences in brain use.
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Jiskuha wrote:
I can function at 99.99% thinking capacity at 4 am.You only use 10% of your brain, buddy. | |
You only use 10% of your brain, buddy. Maybe you do but I don't :P. http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/10percnt.htm | |
I'm not so arrogant that I believe humans are capable of so much more.
I think if you aren't capable of using but 10% of your brain, that 10% IS all of your brain. If it isn't functional, it doesn't count. Plus, I genuinely think humans are using 100% of their brains already, just not all at once. Plus, Nyck, he said 99.99% thinking capacity. If he only uses 10% of his brain for thought, then that 10% is his thinking capacity. | |
It depends. Some people can make 3 days without any adverse effects except feeling a bit tired. It is a common scale that 4 days is where your body starts to really mess up, so I believe that he has and can make three days with no sleep.
I myself, have managed over 72 hours wide awake without really being so bad. My ears stop working right, though, and I can't concentrate nearly as well, but I was good enough to pass the Air Force physical at 60 hours without sleep. I only made one really big mistake, though, and called a woman 'sir' by mistake. I got chewed out really bad for it, though. If I'm occupied, I can make 3 days, if I needed to, I'm certain I could go maybe a day longer than that, but I'm pretty useless after even 48 hours sleeplessness. It's like being in an "altered state of mind". Some people claim to be smarter when they are high, when in actuality, my personal belief is that they only feel smarter because, well, pretty much any thought, no matter how unreasonable or inane is intrigueing when you are that messed up. | |
I think it's a valid excuse. Just not the set time on it. If you haven't kept a regular sleep cycle, you aren't going to do as well on something as detail oriented as programming. Of course, it's all relative. Some people really do function better when they haven't slept.
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I think that the 10% theory is true because if Humans used 100% of their brain, we wouldn't be able to learn anything that we havn't already known (which would make us perfect because we wouldn't make mistakes). And also, if we used 100% of your brain, we'd probably be able to read other peoples mind's or other stuff like that :p
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Humans actually use something more like 20-30% while they're awake. When you're in a deep sleep that same 30% is more in the background while the other 70% of sub-concious is working efficently to rest your body. The simple fact is, the human body can't handle both the concious and sub-consious at the same time, it would be something of an "overload" if they were both always non-dormant. Of course, the sub-consious is somewhat still working while we're awake, but just required functions at a very basic level.
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Well, if your lunchbreak ends up being at 4 am, then I think you have bigger problems to deal with right about then :P
Yeh, I don't think anyone is "dumber" when it is very late... But their mind can lose a lot of efficiency (it can't grab the information as easily if it's chuck full of thoughts of "I'm Tired! Put me to sleep, damnit!".) It's not whether you are up late or not, it is whether you are tired or not. My brain, personally, can function just fine without any sleep during the night, except when my mind wants to go to sleep, although I can use my brain just fine, between using my brain just fine it's constantly shutting on and off. A lot of this has to do with the Brain Stem's functions... If you're stimulated enough, say maybe by the computer screen for some people, then it's enough to keep you awake and working fine. However, if there is a monotonous fan in the background or if nothing is going into your head, like say you don't know what to do, then your brain stem starts telling you that you're tired. | |
Shades wrote:
but its been proven the general popolus only uses less then 50% of their brains abilities. Where? We're learning about the brain in Biology now, and my teacher just said the other day that "the general popolus only uses less then 50% of their brains abilities" is suspected, but not proven. Sorry if this sounds flame-ish, I'm just saying if you're going to say something is proven, atleast give a source. | |
Nyck wrote:
I think that the 10% theory is true because if Humans used 100% of their brain, we wouldn't be able to learn anything that we havn't already known (which would make us perfect because we wouldn't make mistakes). It does not at all follow that learning would be impossible nor that we wouldn't make mistakes. This assertion is ridiculous on its face. And also, if we used 100% of your brain, we'd probably be able to read other peoples mind's or other stuff like that :p You need to actually read the snopes.com article Theodis posted. Seriously, man, this isn't even a theory; it's attributed to no one and comes out of a lot of blind ignorance from before anyone knew the first thing about the real neurological workings of the brain. Lummox JR | |
Well, it's no excuse, but I can tell you for sure that my functioning is shot at 2 or 3 AM. I'm generally a lot snippier and tend to make a lot of sloppy mistakes. It shows.
Lummox JR | |
...then again, I use it on occasion.
~Polatrite~