tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post115637150983809664..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: The Ten Percent SolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1156438284890290402006-08-24T11:51:00.000-05:002006-08-24T11:51:00.000-05:00That's the only way it really makes sense--if you'...That's the only way it really makes sense--if you're talking "mind" as opposed to "brain." People might use 10% of their potential or capabilities or something ephemeral like that.<BR/><BR/>However, in that case, there's no way one could measure percentage, nor could one know the whole capacity. So the "ten percent" figure is meaningless, and comes wholly out of the speaker's anus. Of which we also use 100%.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1156437769660961982006-08-24T11:42:00.000-05:002006-08-24T11:42:00.000-05:00Now, on the other hand, if they said something to ...Now, on the other hand, if they said something to the effect that the average human only lives up to 10% of his or her capabilities, I'd be willing to go along with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1156379026501347002006-08-23T19:23:00.000-05:002006-08-23T19:23:00.000-05:00Well, I was giving the folks behind Heroes and Eur...Well, I was giving the folks behind Heroes and Eureka the benefit of the doubt; at least the latter looked pretty smart from the previews, though I haven't actually seen an episode. <BR/><BR/>Even so, it's not as if good writers are above this sort of idiocy. See also: Grant Morrison in JLA: World War III (the Million Monkey thing) and in Frankenstein (Masauru Emoto's magic water).<BR/><BR/>But I agree, these clearly aren't science fiction writers in the vein of Asimov or even J. Michael Straczynski, who actually do research and check facts before filming them.Tom Fosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796424725228769265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-1156376888587605582006-08-23T18:48:00.000-05:002006-08-23T18:48:00.000-05:00Thank you! This old saw has been driving me nuts....Thank you! This old saw has been driving me nuts.<BR/><BR/>But I must quarrel on one point: these are not science fiction writers making this mistake. Or perhaps you used the term "sci-fi" deliberately as a pejorative term for the bastardized pseudoscientific technobabble mumbo-jumbo we invariably hear in television, film, and comics? The people writing this stuff don't know a damn thing about actual science or science fiction, nor do they care. At best they read articles in <I>Wired</I>, or <I>New Scientist</I> if they're clever, to soak up the latest jargon and buzzwords...but it's all just window dressing for <I>World War II in space</I> or another way of saying <I>a wizard did it</I>.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com