Why Does This Myth Persist?

[gay_Aleks]

^'Biomechanical' sounds more like some HR Giger stuff, tbh

At least, it's not "nanobotsnanobotsnanobots" plus "also Victorian business going on", which was the Diamond Age formula.

And guess what? It's still a great book.

 

[MacAttack]

If you ask me, I think we only use 10% of our hearts.

Is this on a per ventricle basis meaning we are only using 2.5% of each ventricle?

 

[Gori the Grey]

So patients with cardiovascular diseases use only <10% of their hearts?

Is this on a per ventricle basis meaning we are only using 2.5% of each ventricle?

I don't know whether people recognize the source and are just riffing further on the quote or not, but it's just a cheezy line from Wedding Crashers. The "people only use 10% of their brain" is the set-up for it.