Good here. I ate baboon brain for dinner last night so I'm back up to 100 billion.

Who believes any of these?

Really, do people still think we only use 10% of our brains?

Ahem...

Doesn't saying that a 14 billion brain cell error is significant because its the size of a baboon's brain, just after telling us that size is not the important factor? It is a small error, given how difficult it is to count billions of brain cells and the earliest decent methods used to get in the ball park. This seems to me like asking 'How many people were killed by lightning last year?' hearing the answer 'About 100?' and saying 'No! That's a myth, it's only 86.', and defending this on the basis that 14 people's lives are very important.

I know, right?

Even if it didn't have that as it's central theme, the movie still looks like a pile of arse. It's just the turd on the arse cake.

I've read that it's really far less about how big your brain is, and more about how wrinkly it is....the more wrinkly the better.

You clearly have no concept of how ignorant people are. Many (or most) people still believe lots of facts known to be false. Boring facts never get as much airtime or attention as fascinating falsehoods. Ignorance is bliss.

And, btw, I think Lucy looks great. (Use the 86 billion cells in your big brain for willful suspension of disbelief or you can't enjoy anything.)

The ratio of Glial cells to neurons is a significant factor too. It's still a little unclear what exactly Glial cells do (scientists know some of their functions, but not all), but the ratio is much higher in humans than in other species and the ratio seems to grow progressively as you progress from less intelligent to more intelligent species.

Can't people watch fictional movies and accept that they're fiction?

Mind you, I suppose there are people out there who believe in The Force, Alien Abudction, and Ayn Rand's philosophies.

I don't mind if a certain amount of suspension of disbelief is required to enjoy a movie but when your writing is shitty or your basic premise is too silly that won't help. Some things just make people cringe, some tropes and clichees just become too stupid. Especially if you take yourself too seriously.
I don't have to watch "The Happening" to know it's a ridiculous movie that'll make me roll my eyes 'till I'm dizzy. Or make me laugh hysterically about it.
It's the same here. A really stupid and completely wrong pseudo-fact about brain is exploited to tell a superhero story. If the very first response you get is "Brains don't work this way. Good night!" you have a problem. And that's coming from someone who's perfectly willing to accept that gamma rays make you a green ragemonster.

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