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Brain fatigue?

I was reading a book. It was in "the about the author" section, where there is a list of work the author has done, when I had to stop. Should I read this long list of stories, novels, that the writer had written? Do I really want to know? Or to be exact, do I need to memorize them?

I always have this idea that if I use my brain too much it will detoriate. It's like using a floppy disk too many times. It wears out. Thus, if I memorize things too much, my brain will wear out? I don't like to memorize things for this [silly?] reason. Or, if you use a battery - charge and discharge - too many times, the quality will go down quickly. But is our brain really like that?

On the other hand, if I don't use (anything), then whatever it is it will not function proprely either. An example of this is exercise. I don't work out regularly. So, when I play badminton with my kids, my body aches. I concluded that if I don't use my brain regularly, it won't be in a good shape. But I am still afraid of using it too much.

I was reminded with something that I read earlier in Jack Foster's "How To Get Ideas."

"The brain is not a muscle that gets fatigued."

Whoa! Does it mean that I don't have to worry using my brain too many times? Is it true?

Comments

Anonymous said…
lari-lari juga make otak.
abis lari-lari jadi cape.

ya, make otak emang bikin cape! hihi.
12:30 PM
Anonymous said…
funny i read the same term brain fatigue just yesterday, on a time magazine interview of clint eastwood. clint said that MTV's style of video clips or filming -- a pop culture that's just going to be a lot of flash images -- that stuff is fatiguing to the brain. we're never going to get a chance to look at anything.
2:14 PM
Anonymous said…
aaaahhhh bahasa inggris *bingung ah*
9:55 PM
budiw said…
aku pernah baca, katanya kalo otak malah gak pernah dipake (males mikir) itu malah bikin syaraf-syaraf mati, jadi lama kelamaan malah lemot. kesimpulannya semakin sering dipake, syaraf-syarafnya semakin aktif, jadi gak mati...
--budiw
http://budiw.tk
7:51 AM
za said…
Pak Budi, if you are really interested to brain, you better get the latest (or March) National Geographic Magazine edition. The main issue is about human's brain.

Hope it will answer your question.
3:27 AM
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