The Other 90%
29 May 2008Most people give credit to Albert Einstein for making the
rather casual and technically unsupported comment that we
use only approximately 10% of our brain, implying that the
other 90% is the future of mankind. The use of this other
90% has been sought after by various means and ways by
many for eons. Gaining genius power and even
para-psychological abilities, to say nothing of otherwise
enhancing the quality of cognition and experience, is both
the work of science fiction and the pursuit of many in
everyday life. To that end, researchers have begun to ferret
out some of the detail and further the potential.
At the forefront of a lot of this work is a collection of
conservative researchers, biologists, neuroscientists,
philosophers and theologiansall participating, albeit often
tacitly, in a new frontier known as NeuroTheology. Each,
often with their own agenda, have identified important
contributions to understanding both how life suddenly
appeared on this planet and some of the secrets hidden in
the human DNA.
Much of the work is controversial, but no one disagrees with
the central point of this article. That is, over 90% of the
human DNA is dormant and silent and that these silent
engines (Introns or silent genes) have yet to be expressed.
Moreover, of the “3% of genes required to build a human
being, 20% of that is used to create the brain, and another
30% of that DNA is expressed in the process of running and
maintaining the brain (Joseph 2002) Author R. Joseph,
writing in NeuroTheology, comes to this possible inference:
“. 50% of the 3% of DNA, which is coded, serves the human
brain. Hence, since 97% of the 30,000 to 40,000 or more
genes (and their 3 billion or more base pairs) that make up
the human genome are repressed, up to 50% of that and
thus perhaps as many as 25,000 repressed genes and
over a billion base pairs of nucleotides may be available for
future cerebral metamorphosis and expansion of the brain.”
(Joseph 2002).
That is “food for thought!” Since the evidence clearly shows
that the differing uses of the brain lead to structural and
functional differences in the ever developing (evolving) brain,
is it possible that one may just find that persistent mind
training leads one little step at a time to a virtual Quantum
leapa sudden flash of new mind so different and
advanced that a search for words comes up without
reference?
Eldon Taylor, Ph.D. is currently director of Progressive
Awareness Research. He is the author of over 200 books
and tapes (http://www.innertalk.com). He received the 2005
International Peace Prize awarded by the United Cultural
Convention for his work in improving the human condition.
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