Amazing Human Brain Fact

[bejohnson]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

[robodude666]

It srue is pterty azamnig. I've seen tihs anorud seerval temis, and it azames me eevry tmie still. Such a sahme we aern't uinsg the etnrie peontital of the hmaun bairn tuohgh. I bileeve the aaergve proesn ueus auornd ~30% of trehr barin pwoer (If I'm not msaiktnig).

[JustinEss]

Wow. jsut wow.

Fixed ^.^

[robodude666]

Wow. just wow.

You wree sopuepsd to say "wow. jsut wow." :Blah

[matty_1210]

yea iv know about this before

[Manic Mouse]

yeah, we've noticed matty :lmao

[robodude666]

yeah, we've noticed matty :lmao

:lmao :rofl2

Nice one :thumb

+5 funny points to Manic!

[matty_1210]

thanks for pointing out my problem any other way u want to have a go at me?

[Tivon]

Get Bcak on tpioc!

[aznmaster69]

I wnoder if pepole woh haev learend egnlsih letar on in tehir lfie hvae trubole radeing it...

[MakubexGB]

I wnoder if pepole woh haev learend egnlsih letar on in tehir lfie hvae trubole radeing it...

Pblabroy, I konw my geririnfld wulod.

[Salavat23]

It srue is pterty azamnig. I've seen tihs anorud seerval temis, and it azames me eevry tmie still. Such a sahme we aern't uinsg the etnrie peontital of the hmaun bairn tuohgh. I bileeve the aaergve proesn ueus auornd ~30% of trehr barin pwoer (If I'm not msaiktnig).

We atcualy use olny 10% of our biran pwoer.

Dman, tihs is hrad to wirte lkie tihs.

Aynawys, wehn we raed, we dnot atucally raed erevy wrod. Ocne we hvae morizemd mnay wrdos, we areldy dnot hvae to raed slybial by slybial.

[robodude666]

We atcualy use olny 10% of our biran pwoer.

Dman, tihs is hrad to wirte lkie tihs.

Aynawys, wehn we raed, we dnot atucally raed erevy wrod. Ocne we hvae morizemd mnay wrdos, we areldy dnot hvae to raed slybial by slybial.

Oh 10%? Ttahs eevn sddaer! Yea, it is hrad to wtire lkie tihs... But I fnid it esaeir to wirte waht you wnat and tehn go bcak and jlmbue it up!

I wdnoer, if we ueud 100% of our bairn pwoer, waht cluod the hmaun race amlcsociph?

Cerehs,
-r6duo6odeb6

[Salavat23]

Oh 10%? Ttahs eevn sddaer! Yea, it is hrad to wtire lkie tihs... But I fnid it esaeir to wirte waht you wnat and tehn go bcak and jlmbue it up!

I wdnoer, if we ueud 100% of our bairn pwoer, waht cluod the hmaun race amlcsociph?

Cerehs,
-r6duo6odeb6

Meh, we wulod be albe to do waht we are diong now, olny mcuh fstaer. Tihs is tinkag me so lnog. If we uesd 100%, tihs wulod tkae a cupole of scenods.

Igamine our bairns lkie a CPU. Fsater CPUs can not do mroe, olny do the smae tinghs fsater.

[robodude666]

Meh, we wulod be albe to do waht we are diong now, olny mcuh fstaer. Tihs is tinkag me so lnog. If we uesd 100%, tihs wulod tkae a cupole of scenods.

Igamine our bairns lkie a CPU. Fsater CPUs can not do mroe, olny do the smae tinghs fsater.

Wlel, I udrnaesntd the seped apscet.. But waht esle wluod be psoisble? Hgiher lveels of ctetvariiy? Bteter usaernntdindg of tighns? Centarig tnihgs taht we nveer tuohgh was psboisle creuntrly? How mcuh fturehr aaehd wulod we hvae been? Or wulod we hvae nkue ecah ohetr by now?

[evil_gusgus]

its fun tlainkg leik tihs rfol!

[robodude666]

its fun tlainkg leik tihs rfol!

lol, yuro'e slily! :lamo

[Salavat23]

Wlel, I udrnaesntd the seped apscet.. But waht esle wluod be psoisble? Hgiher lveels of ctetvariiy? Bteter usaernntdindg of tighns? Centarig tnihgs taht we nveer tuohgh was psboisle creuntrly? How mcuh fturehr aaehd wulod we hvae been? Or wulod we hvae nkue ecah ohetr by now?

Uhm, our birans wulod relapce caulcaotrs. Taht is all I can tinhk of. lol.

[robodude666]

Well, um... so... I was lazy to keep siabcrlmng the txet mleysf so I ddeecid to make this ltlite hnady tool / grteeanor (http://robo.hourbeforedawn.com/random/3dgameman/shuffle/). Slmipy pstae / write the text you wnat to srlbcmae and psers the siubmt butotn. It will then ouputt on top the ogirnail msgasee and the srblmaced virseon. It sppturos ptaiotcunun and new lenis (uut not vrey well). Trhee are some crhaaertcs lkie "/" wihch csuae it to bug ouIt

If "/" is isnide of a wrod, it will be rvomeed and the word will get scerwed up. Heevwor, if you put whtie sepacs aonrud it, it will sohw up fine. Tehn spilmy delete the sceaps aornud iTht

The new lnies (aahprrgahs) get serewcd up if tehy are very sohrt. I have aslo notcied tehy sercw up if trhee is no pocauuttinn at the end of ecah secennte. I hvae made tihs out of brdeoom + laizenss, so its not pfeerct. I aslo don't want to witre my ppear for phgsocoyly clsas...

Other tahn taht, it wkors fnie. In fcat, I had it corvnet tihs sohmweat long post bacusee its too lnog to do malnlauy. As you can pboalbry see, smoe of the 5 or 6 lteetr wdros aner't semlcabrd very well. I hvae not yet inpmletmeed a voadtliian stysem to check if the wodrs are srbamlred.

Palese note, I just put this in the gnteraeor and DID NOT SLLECPCEHK! So three mhigt be smacrlbe errors.

(I actually lied there because I did fix a few major problems cased by new lines... I will have to rewrite part of it tonight. But for short msgs it will work fine).

[Empty_Quarter]

Robo, you hvae aolt of tmie in yuor hdnas ;)

ncie wrok toguhh :)

[robodude666]

Robo, you hvae aolt of tmie in yuor hdnas ;)

ncie wrok toguhh :)

Tanhks! It olny took 5-10 metunis tohguh. So its nhinotg big. In fcat, picknig the fntonfont szie I wtnead took lneogr... I enedd up unsig weahetvr 3MM's fmruos uess and mdae the font a tad larger.

Wree you able to raed the lgare post just fine? Aamizng, eh?

[Tivon]

We atcualy use olny 10% of our biran pwoer.

Dman, tihs is hrad to wirte lkie tihs.

Aynawys, wehn we raed, we dnot atucally raed erevy wrod. Ocne we hvae morizemd mnay wrdos, we areldy dnot hvae to raed slybial by slybial.

Oh 10%? Ttahs eevn sddaer! Yea, it is hrad to wtire lkie tihs... But I fnid it esaeir to wirte waht you wnat and tehn go bcak and jlmbue it up!

I wdnoer, if we ueud 100% of our bairn pwoer, waht cluod the hmaun race amlcsociph?

Cerehs,
-r6duo6odeb6

I feel we are using 100% of our brains. Overclocking the brain leads to overheating and stability problems. The parts we don't use are off limits to us for good reasons. They are probably mostly used by the central nervous system for common commands to organs like your heart. So on your death bed, who really gets to choose to stop the heart and die. You or that hidden part of your brain?

[robodude666]

I feel we are using 100% of our brains. Overclocking the brain leads to overheating and stability problems. The parts we don't use are off limits to us for good reasons. They are probably mostly used by the central nervous system for common commands to organs like your heart. So on your death bed, who really gets to choose to stop the heart and die. You or that hidden part of your brain?

I'm not talking about the brain as being a kernel or operating system, or anything like that.

I am saying that humans are lazy, for the most part, and we don't use our full brain power. I also believe there were studies done on this and they show the average person uses very little of their potential brain power.

You can't really overclock your brain... You can give it energy by consuming energy and caffeine which can be lethal.

Yes, I can't control my heart, or when I want my liver to work but I'm not talking about that stuff. Thats all controlled by parts of the brain which we have no access to. I'm talking about the parts we have access to, so to speak.

[Tivon]

I'm not talking about the brain as being a kernel or operating system, or anything like that.

I am saying that humans are lazy, for the most part, and we don't use our full brain power. I also believe there were studies done on this and they show the average person uses very little of their potential brain power.

You can't really overclock your brain... You can give it energy by consuming energy and caffeine which can be lethal.

Yes, I can't control my heart, or when I want my liver to work but I'm not talking about that stuff. Thats all controlled by parts of the brain which we have no access to. I'm talking about the parts we have access to, so to speak.

It's too bad a lot of our youth puts their mental drive into video games when they could be doing something else.

[PaulM27]

It's too bad a lot of our youth puts their mental drive into video games when they could be doing something else.

If you think about it having kids inside playing video games takes them away from drugs and other stuff thats on the streets these days...But everything new leads to new problems, having them in all day can make em lazy and fat and murder people? (GTA: San Andreas anyone? that was total BS).

[Salavat23]

If you think about it having kids inside playing video games takes them away from drugs and other stuff thats on the streets these days...But everything new leads to new problems, having them in all day can make em lazy and fat and murder people? (GTA: San Andreas anyone? that was total BS).

And if you don't do anything at all, this will lead to no problems.

[PaulM27]

And if you don't do anything at all, this will lead to no problems.

I'm sure that causes problems too...Also you can't be doing "nothing" technically (you're still breathing!) :spin

[Salavat23]

I'm sure that causes problems too...Also you can't be doing "nothing" technically (you're still breathing!) :spin

I mean just sitting on the couch all day.

Not doing anything in particular. lol.

I was just kidding anyways.

[bobletman]

wow that was amazing. I wonder if i can hand in my essays for english like this?

[evil_gusgus]

It's too bad a lot of our youth puts their mental drive into video games when they could be doing something else.

Every pro has its con.

[Tivon]

If you think about it having kids inside playing video games takes them away from drugs and other stuff thats on the streets these days...But everything new leads to new problems, having them in all day can make em lazy and fat and murder people? (GTA: San Andreas anyone? that was total BS).

I don't know about that. I know people that play and do drugs at the same time. They are the kind of people that pass out at the keyboard. I've also read about people getting killed playing too many game hours and people killing them for being a bad husband or wife. Yeah, being fat leads to health problems, it's not going to make you kill someone. That is unless someone steals your "cloud song"... running joke.

[Tivon]

I'm sure that causes problems too...Also you can't be doing "nothing" technically (you're still breathing!) :spin

Did you check if you're still breathing? How can you know unless you stop and think about it... Still Breathing? :shifty

[evil_gusgus]

double post by a mod ^^ :lmao

[bobletman]

I don't know about that. I know people that play and do drugs at the same time. They are the kind of people that pass out at the keyboard. I've also read about people getting killed playing too many game hours and people killing them for being a bad husband or wife. Yeah, being fat leads to health problems, it's not going to make you kill someone. That is unless someone steals your "cloud song"... running joke.


Some kid near my street dyed playing world of warcraft. He had barely any sleep and ended up dieing from a siezure. Even though it is sad it is partly his fault. People should know when to take a break.

[Fuzzfool]

Anyway, back to what robo was saying about the potential of more brainpower: I read somewhere that einstien had about 5 to 10% larger brain and autism does this as well for specific kinds. Anyway the brain is electrically connected by synapes*sp? That means the more connections in your brain the faster the process and more creative you can be by accessing parts of your brain that would never be "logically" connected together. I mean like Enstien for example, how can someone try to do the theory of everything? That's a rather complex thought if you put that much effort into it. I read somewhere that he spent the last 30 years or so trying to prove this until his death. So, if we had 100% brain power what do you think we could've been now? Living like star trek? lol

[Titus]

Yes, I can't control my heart, or when I want my liver to work but I'm not talking about that stuff. Thats all controlled by parts of the brain which we have no access to.

Actually you do have control over those parts to an extent. My brother's friend came over a few years ago when she was working on her EMT stuff. She had to pretend that we had a random injury and do a full check. When she came to monitoring heart rate, my brother's heart was racing ;). Apparently he had done so on purpose, but we didn't believe him until we tested him again. We found out that he could adjust his heart rate by about 90bpm (between 55 and 145) using his mind only! :jawsdown(we made sure he was breathing normally and not moving)

Then we each tried doing it. I could only affect mine about 55bpm (between 60 and 115). The girls (she had a friend there) had about a 25bpm range each. I really don't know why there was such a wide range between us, but it would be interesting to see a more scientific study on this. I thought that when people die of the muscles deteriorating and failing rather than the brain shutting the body down. I'm sure the brain usually approves the process subconsciously, but sometimes it's pure muscle failure.

I read somewhere that Einstein had about 5 to 10% larger brain and autism does this as well for specific kinds. Anyway the brain is electrically connected by synapses. That means the more connections in your brain the faster the process and more creative you can be by accessing parts of your brain that would never be "logically" connected together.

The brain thing depends largely on what you mean. Is it mass, area activity, or total electrical current?

WARNING: The following is AFAIK. I am too lazy to gather sources at the moment. If you want a source for a particular bit of information, I may be able to dig it up. If I'm way off, sorry.

As far as total areas active, I think most people fall in between 5 and 10% when not using and up to about 25% at "full load". The top 1% can use like 50-60%, if I'm not mistaken. Psychological issues can dramatically increase area load as well. Mania, autism, asburgers, and schyzophrenia add some area activity, to name a few.

As far as electrical current, I'm not sure that it's possible to test the peak for the brain without harming somebody majorly. Increasing the electrical stimulus on the brain could have some really bad effects. That being said, I personally don't think that we use our electrical potential by any means. Let me justify my thoughts:

As time has progressed, humans have been able to explain more and more by intellect, relying less and less on myths and fairy tales. It would be interesting to compare the brain usage of a person from the middle ages to one now. As people concentrate less on surviving and more on intellectual things, there should be a nice increase in usage. Manual labor will become less in demand, allowing more people to move into more engaging jobs. (This paragraph is personal opinion and extrapolation of theory, not something I heard somewhere)

Back to the topic: mass is fairly constant and has a very small effect on intelligence, if any.

/Titus' longest post yet

[goldenchessboard]

maybe if i overclock my brain ill use closer to 100% of the power and be more useful

[Tivon]

Anyway, back to what robo was saying about the potential of more brainpower: I read somewhere that einstien had about 5 to 10% larger brain and autism does this as well for specific kinds. Anyway the brain is electrically connected by synapes*sp? That means the more connections in your brain the faster the process and more creative you can be by accessing parts of your brain that would never be "logically" connected together. I mean like Enstien for example, how can someone try to do the theory of everything? That's a rather complex thought if you put that much effort into it. I read somewhere that he spent the last 30 years or so trying to prove this until his death. So, if we had 100% brain power what do you think we could've been now? Living like star trek? lol

I think that's just part of it. A normal person would not be able to compute such complicated figures in their head without lots of training and or assistance. In the mind of a high functioning autistic person what you would have is a brain malfunction. It would be great to count cards and know the number of high math figures, but then again I like being able to tie my shoes and live an independent life. We take for granted the little things that we do everyday are in themselves great achievements. I might not be able to recite the entire encyclopedia, but at least I've got my wits about me to use one and look things up.

This does bring about an interesting topic in the multiple geniuses that spawn out of mankind. Do we look at a great warrior as being dumb when he can balance a blade on his finger and stab the heart of his opponents in the blink of an eye? Surely he must have his wits about him or else die. The brain is adaptive to it's surroundings. We can learn many languages, skills, social graces ect.

Perhaps it's in those that excel faster that we hold as our beloved geniuses? Why is it that a kid can sit down and master an instrument in 6 months and then move on to write a Rhapsody when it takes normal people a life time? Normal people have many things going on around them that they deal with, constantly multitasking. What you will find in those that excel above others is traces of mental oddities. I'd like to think it's simple. It's in all of our genetics to be this way. But perhaps some part of the brain becomes miss wired and thus sparks the oddity we hold so grand? Einstein was not exactly the most stable minded person, but his focus into his work of passion excels him past those of us that would rather eat, sleep, have sex and do other things. It's a curse to the autistic that they can't turn off or filter the input from the world around them. That is how they retain the ability to handle the math concepts, but without grasp to focus on their senses, the world is but a dream that they can never clearly see.

So with their faulty genes and mis-wirings (hence their abnormal condition) this can be used to their advantage.

In my own experience one of my brothers has "color synesthesia" and is one of the smartest people I know. He is not flawless or anything, but can grasp ideas bigger than himself without us knowing how in the heck he did it. I've seen him dream up math solutions that you can't find in any books. He is also an Artist. And still funny yet, he comes to me for computer advice. :)

[mimart7]

Oh 10%? Ttahs eevn sddaer! Yea, it is hrad to wtire lkie tihs... But I fnid it esaeir to wirte waht you wnat and tehn go bcak and jlmbue it up!

I wdnoer, if we ueud 100% of our bairn pwoer, waht cluod the hmaun race amlcsociph?

Cerehs,
-r6duo6odeb6


If we used any more than 10% of our brain, it means that our brain is not working efficiently. If we use more than 10% of our brains to do something that means there is a problem; disease, illness, etc.

[robodude666]

If we used any more than 10% of our brain, it means that our brain is not working efficiently. If we use more than 10% of our brains to do something that means there is a problem; disease, illness, etc.

So, your saying you only want to use 10% of your CPU? You just want to do one task, rather than doing multiple tasks? Or only encode a movie using 10% and let it take 10x longer rather than devoting your entire CPU to encoding the movie and getting it done faster?

[mimart7]

As the human brain evolved, it became more efficient. In order for the human brain to do a particular task, the brain found ways to accomplish that task without using so much brain power. If you tie your shoes, do you want the brain to use as little of itself as possible, or would want it to it efficiently. Think of it in terms of RAM.

[robodude666]

As the human brain evolved, it became more efficient. In order for the human brain to do a particular task, the brain found ways to accomplish that task without using so much brain power. If you tie your shoes, do you want the brain to use as little of itself as possible, or would want it to it efficiently. Think of it in terms of RAM.

You're not understanding what I am trying to say.

I'm talking about the level of creativity and inventiveness the brain has. If you use only 10% of your potential, then you won't be as creative or inventive as someone who is using 30%, etc.

[mimart7]

I thought you were speaking in physical terms. But yes it creative terms i feel that 10% is being a little generous for most people :)

[Titus]

So, your saying you only want to use 10% of your CPU? You just want to do one task, rather than doing multiple tasks? Or only encode a movie using 10% and let it take 10x longer rather than devoting your entire CPU to encoding the movie and getting it done faster?

Well, it does have advantages. You can choose to specialize in one area or group of areas. Of course some people don't have this choice, (like the autistic people) and others have a greater ability to progress in certain or all areas when they are born.

Relating it to a full computer is more effective than to a CPU in my opinion. Some people have really nice CPUs with lots of cache, a quick FSB, multi-core, etc. Some people have such small differences in their chip logic as Core VS Core2, and some have a VIA or AMD processor. Some have fast memory, some have good hard drives (with differing read/write skills and space), some have good input devices and some have better output. (I think this analogy works fairly well down to a pretty deep level)

That being said, the thing you get to alter is your software (a little fiddling in the bios is allowed as well). A certain amount of code is given you to start, but still. Some people make theirs really efficient with file management and better file systems and types. Some are made for high-bandwidth, low-clock operation. Others use the GPU for more tasks than some have learned to use it in. Some get nice software for imaging, some get nice software for reprogramming (my bro), and some get excellent calculators. I could go on, but you can draw your own conclusions and follow it down to whatever level you want. It really is cool how well it works though.

If you use only 10% of your potential, then you won't be as creative or inventive as someone who is using 30%, etc.

Not in every case. DaVinci using 10% of his brain is probably better than most people using 30%, but that fits into the above. I do agree otherwise though. Besides, has anyone ever completely run out of memory in their brain? If so, I would love to hear about it. Yeah, 10% is probably overestimating the average developed-world human by half. I say developed world because people outside it are more focused on physical survival and therefore use less of their mind in general. For the world average, 10% is probably five times what the actual numbers are.

[Titus]

This does bring about an interesting topic in the multiple geniuses that spawn out of mankind. Do we look at a great warrior as being dumb when he can balance a blade on his finger and stab the heart of his opponents in the blink of an eye? Surely he must have his wits about him or else die. The brain is adaptive to it's surroundings. We can learn many languages, skills, social graces ect.

He may not be dumb, but he may have over-specialized in combat. Therefore, some people can make good rulers as well as fighters and some cannot. King Arthur (assuming he existed) was one who manages both, as were King David and King Solomon (assuming accounts about them are correct). One who was an incredible warrior, had excellent charisma, and was not a good king was King Richard "Lionheart" Plantagenet. His people loved him, as he had such a winning personality and loads of charisma (you have to to stay in power when your decisions are that bad). Unfortunately when it came to everyday ruling decisions he was one of the worst rulers in British history.

[bejohnson]

Anyway, back to what robo was saying about the potential of more brainpower: I read somewhere that einstien had about 5 to 10% larger brain and autism does this as well for specific kinds. Anyway the brain is electrically connected by synapes*sp? That means the more connections in your brain the faster the process and more creative you can be by accessing parts of your brain that would never be "logically" connected together. I mean like Enstien for example, how can someone try to do the theory of everything? That's a rather complex thought if you put that much effort into it. I read somewhere that he spent the last 30 years or so trying to prove this until his death. So, if we had 100% brain power what do you think we could've been now? Living like star trek? lol

Brain size and percentage of brain use varies from person to person. Einstein is said to have had only a normal IQ when measured by the standards of his day but his brain was larger and it's estimated that he used 30%-40% of his brain capacity.

My late wife, Brandi, which was a member here, had a brain mass of about twice the normal brain and the size of her brain was about 25% larger. Johns Hopkins had an ongoing study of her brain and they estimated that she regularly used 60%-65%. Using PET scanning they verified that under peak brain activity she used up to 90% of her brain.

She also had several magnitudes greater left brain-right brain connections than normal which allowed her to process information in different ways.

I will not go into her accomplishments again but the way her brain function caused her to have true total recall and to develop mental skills far earlier than normal people. Because of this she received her first college degree at 6 years and 1 month old.

From being with her I can truthfully say that the brain is an amazing instrument and its capacity is truly unknown.

[Tivon]

Brain size and percentage of brain use varies from person to person. Einstein is said to have had only a normal IQ when measured by the standards of his day but his brain was larger and it's estimated that he used 30%-40% of his brain capacity.

My late wife, Brandi, which was a member here, had a brain mass of about twice the normal brain and the size of her brain was about 25% larger. Johns Hopkins had an ongoing study of her brain and they estimated that she regularly used 60%-65%. Using PET scanning they verified that under peak brain activity she used up to 90% of her brain.

She also had several magnitudes greater left brain-right brain connections than normal which allowed her to process information in different ways.

I will not go into her accomplishments again but the way her brain function caused her to have true total recall and to develop mental skills far earlier than normal people. Because of this she received her first college degree at 6 years and 1 month old.

From being with her I can truthfully say that the brain is an amazing instrument and its capacity is truly unknown.

It's too bad the same gift was also her down fall. :(

[Titus]

My late wife, Brandi, which was a member here, had a brain mass of about twice the normal brain and the size of her brain was about 25% larger. Johns Hopkins had an ongoing study of her brain and they estimated that she regularly used 60%-65%. Using PET scanning they verified that under peak brain activity she used up to 90% of her brain.

She also had several magnitudes greater left brain-right brain connections than normal which allowed her to process information in different ways.

I'm not sure that she was using 60-65% of what her brain was capable of, but I'm sure that she was at 60-65% of the highest voltage that was measured in a human. In my opinion, what we can use now is nothing to what the hardware is capable of. That being said, that is absolutely remarkable. I imagine that you could count on one hand the people capable of that in the world.

Brain connections usually dictate the overall intelligence of somebody, so that's really cool. Apparently they are the hardest thing to form in the human body. So, somebody with lots of connections will be smarter in general, but may be surpassed in some subjects to people who have an intense focus in one area.

What thread did you discuss her in? I would much like to read it and/or any studies Johns Hopkins published about her. What was her occupation? Also, if you don't mind me asking, how old was she when she died? She must have been a remarkable woman.

From being with her I can truthfully say that the brain is an amazing instrument and its capacity is truly unknown.

I think you hit the nail on the head there.