Are we using only 10% of our brain?

That’s what they tell us don’t they? From scientists at poya day discussions to promoters of brain improvement products to psychics who say they have special abilities. Well this looks like yet another fat lie engineered to fool a whole society. There seems to be no valid scientific evidence to say that there is a vast amount of brain untapped that can be used to do all sorts of supernatural things such as flying and moving objects. In fact it’s believed that 100% of our brain is active even during sleep. There are many research studies available indicating that this 10% usage of the brain is not true. Of course we should be open to the possibility of mind power.Of course it would be amazing. But to say that it’s scientifically proven that we use only 10% of brain is treachery . To me the worst kind is scientists who distribute all kinds of unproven myths. Others are doing at least for financial gain. These unscientific scientists are blinded by their religious faiths so much that they even go to the extent of bombarding the society with unproven myths as scientific evidence. Their mission is not to find the truth, but to justify their religious believes as correct. My fingers are itching to type a name or two but feel like it would be unfair as they would not have the chance to reply.

Evolution is an amazing thing. It would not be reasonable to think that the human brain would be evolved with hidden powers in such a way that only a few individuals could find it. What is the use of it for other people if they can’t find it? Evolution doesn’t work that way. Another valid argument is if we use only 10% of our brain then damaging the rest of the 90% of the brain would have no effects. On the contrary a fraction of a damage to the brain is enough to get you killed.

It is high time for real scientists of Sri Lanka to expose these fake scientists. Every society has myths. America has them. India has them. But in those countries myths are not uncontested. There are many people who are working against blinding the society with myths. In Sri Lanka too we had people in the caliber of Abraham Kovoor. He was a legendary. But Right now our society is not in a very good state. A myth after myth could be created but no one will come forward to challenge them. Come on Sri Lanka you deserve more. You have a 92% literacy rate. Your Government is working towards improving the ICT literacy rate. You have a free education system and a proven University System. It is a shame to see these myths taking over science and common sense. Come on Sri Lanka Let’s march towards a new era of openness and intelligence.

Sana’s inclusion to the team – Typically Sri Lankan Decision

First Jayasuriya was dropped from the team not because he was the only one who didn’t perform but because he happened to be old. No one performed well in Australia except Sanga and Jaysooriya was dropped from the team becuases Indians beat Australia by a very young team. Now he’s back in the team not because the selection team wanted him but his innings in the IPL had entertained our sports minister. This is not about whether the inclusion of jayasuriya is right or wrong. This is about what is obviously wrong. Political meddling in decision making.

Isn’t this simple? The cricket board maintains a panel of experts to select the cricket team because they are the experts, they monitor the domestic cricket arena and they have a plan for the future. What is the expertise of the sports minister to decide who should be in the team and who is not? Is the sports minister supposed to be an expert of team selection? What’s the meaning of approving the team selected by experts by someone who is not supposed to know about cricket?

We can see this trend everywhere in our country. The president decides which Highway to build over the plans of the RDA. (That’s why we couldn’t build the Katunayake – Colombo highway for 30 years. It is in no one’s political agenda, only in RDA plans). Politicians decide where to build the next international cricket stadium. Ministers decide which films to ban, not by the required authorities. For example the Engineering Faculty of University of Ruhuna was situated not in Matara University premises but in Galle. The Education Minister at that time happened to be Mr. Richard Pathirana who is from Galle. I don’t know whether there were any fair reasons for situating the faculty away from the university. But I guess it should have been done purely because the minister wanted the faculty to be in his district. Apologies if I am wrong.

These things have continued for so long that people think these kinds of meddling are right and are part of the system. People think that it is useless to fight against these kind things and it happens everywhere. It is very frustrating to see people applauding the wrong thing done by the sports minister. It is not enough for the decision to be right. It should be from the right person. What if the sports minister wants another player to the team and another and another? Then people will realize how screwed up this procedure is.