Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brains?
Humans use just 10% of their brains: this is the premise of the Hollywood film Lucy, but is it true? Plus, Tim Harford crunches the football transfer fee numbers.
Is it true that humans use just 10% of their brains? It’s the premise of the new film Lucy, in which the brain capacity of Scarlett Johansson’s character increases to dangerous levels. Tim Harford uses considerably more than 10% of his brain to separate the neuro-science facts from the fiction with Professor Sophie Scott.
What drives the price of footballers? Tim Harford tries to understand the huge transfer fees with Raffaele Poli from the CIES Football Observatory and football agent Seb Ewen.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Ruth Alexander
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- Fri 29 Aug 2014 18:50GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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