60 acast.com What We Thought We Knew https://shows.acast.com/what-we-thought-we-knew en mythbusting, curiosity, critical thinking, brain science, psychology, self-discovery, misconceptions, cognitive bias, history of ideas, science explained What We Thought We Knew is a solo-narrated podcast that unpacks the myths, half-truths, and misunderstood facts we've carried for far too long. Each episode explores one idea we thought was true, and reveals the surprising, insightful, and often fascinating reality underneath.

Because unlearning is its own kind of progress.

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]]> What We Thought We Knew is a solo-narrated podcast that unpacks the myths, half-truths, and misunderstood facts we've carried for far too long. Each episode explores one idea we thought was true, and reveals the surprising, insightful, and often fascinating reality underneath.

Because unlearning is its own kind of progress.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

]]> false info+681a57a4609de35278f1f134@mg-eu.acast.com 681a57a4609de35278f1f134 what-we-thought-we-knew episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1746541994614-ed95d710-510a-42fb-b663-01b7e643df6f.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/what-we-thought-we-knew What We Thought We Knew You Only Use 10% of Your Brain You Only Use 10% of Your Brain Tue, 06 May 2025 18:43:38 GMT 4:25 681a585b69ec805e2882d45c false https://shows.acast.com/what-we-thought-we-knew/episodes/you-only-use-10-of-your-brain 681a585b69ec805e2882d45c 681a57a4609de35278f1f134 you-only-use-10-of-your-brain full 1 1 “We only use 10% of our brains.”

You’ve probably heard that before, maybe in a movie, a classroom, or a TED Talk. But it’s not true. Not even a little.

In this episode of What We Thought We Knew, we explore where the myth came from, why it stuck around for over a century, and what modern neuroscience actually reveals about how our brains work.

The truth? It’s even more fascinating than the fiction.

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You’ve probably heard that before, maybe in a movie, a classroom, or a TED Talk. But it’s not true. Not even a little.

In this episode of What We Thought We Knew, we explore where the myth came from, why it stuck around for over a century, and what modern neuroscience actually reveals about how our brains work.

The truth? It’s even more fascinating than the fiction.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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