michael lucy in the film of the same name. while the rest of us bumble along at a pivoting 10 percent. but that's a myth that is more hollywood than reality. using only 10 percent of the organ that consumes the most energy would be a huge evolutionary disadvantage. even asleep we use far more than a 10th of our brain. no one knows exactly where the persistent 10 percent make comes from it's been mr tributed to many people including albert einstein at my heart back to a misunderstanding of a theory positive by psychologist william james under student boris c.d.'s. c.d.'s a son was a child prodigy. at 18 months he reportedly could read a newspaper. later it was claimed that he had an i.q. of 254000000 james then said in a lecture people only meet a fraction of their full mental potential. but he said not. thing about 10 percent or part of the brain remaining unused. pop culture has also helped to perpetuate the myth. of course some areas of the brain may be more active than others but none are completely idle if they can't recei

michael lucy in the film of the same name. while the rest of us bumble along at a pivoting 10 percent. that's a myth that is more hollywood the reality. using only 10 percent of the organ that consumes the most energy would be a huge evolutionary disadvantage. even asleep we use far more than a 10th of a brain. no one knows exactly where the persistent 10 percent myth comes from it's been mr tributed to many people including albert einstein at my heart back to a misunderstanding of a theory positive by psychologist william james under student boris cedars. the cedar says son was a child prodigy. at 18 months who reportedly could read a newspaper. later it was claimed that he had an i.q. of 254000000 james then said in a lecture. people only meet a fraction of their full mental potential. but he said not. thing about 10 percent or part of the brain remaining unused. pop culture has also helped to perpetuate the myth. of course some areas of the brain may be more active than others but none are completely idle if they can't rece

lucy, thank you very, very much. >>> let's get more on all of this. michael osterholm is joining using.ssor, thanks so much for joining us. let me get your thoughts on this -- >> thank you. >> -- plan out there at least to start shipping masks to every american. do you think sendi ing masks directly to american households will make people more likely to actually wear them? >> i think it very well could. it does two things. one, it makes it available where someone who might not know where to go get one now has one. the second thing is now that you have it in your hand and find that it's not some kind of awkward instrument to have to wear, you very well may wear it. so right now, i think anything we can do like that to decrease the potential for transmission is a good thing. >> new cases and hospitalizations, as you just heard in lucy's report, are declining, but if this new highly contagious viral variant is also more deadly, do you worry it's only a matter of time before we, got fd forbid, see another big surge? >> it's inevitable from where i sit right now. we're going to continue to s

lucy manning has the story remember an american jewelry company whose owner won lucrative contracts to supply ppe to the uk, michaelit caused a storm when the bbc revealed it in november. does the prime minister think that £21 million to a middle man was an acceptable use of taxpayers' money? saiger went on to win a further £70 million contract to supply gowns. now, we can reveal few of those gowns actually made it into hospitals. in a legal document, the government admitted that the use of the gowns in hospitals had been suspended. hospital infection experts believe the gowns should be double wrapped, to make sure they were sterile, but these gowns only came with a single layer of packaging. another big contract for ppe that couldn't be used as intended. the lessons are, government, when spending £12.5 billion on ppe, really itself needs to know what it is buying. it should be buying from those who are experienced. it needs to be keeping a careful check on the prices it is paying. there was no actual requirement in specifications or contract for the gowns to be double wrapped, but obviously experts didn't think th

lucy manning has the story remember an american jewellery company whose owner won lucrative contracts to supply ppe to the uk, michaelovember. does the prime minister think that £21 million to a middle man was an acceptable use of taxpayers' money? saiger went on to win a further £70 million contract to supply gowns. now, we can reveal few of those gowns actually made it into hospitals. in a legal document, the government admitted that the use of the gowns in hospitals had been suspended. hospital infection experts believe the gowns should be double wrapped, to make sure they were sterile, but these gowns only came with a single layer of packaging. another big contract for ppe that couldn't be used as intended. the lessons are, government, when spending {12.5 billion on ppe, really itself needs to know what it is buying. it should be buying from those who are experienced. it needs to be keeping a careful check on the prices it is paying. there was no actual requirement in specifications or contract for the gowns to be double wrapped, but obviously experts didn't think they would be safe enough in the most infectious