From where did the idea of "humans use only 10% of their brains" originate?

"The facts of both psychology and neurology show a degree of plasticity, of organization, and of adaptation in behavior which is far beyond any present possibility of explanation. For immediate progress it is not very important that we should have a correct theory of brain activity, but it is essential that we shall not be handicapped by a false one." -K. S. Lashley Behavior Research Fund, Chicago.

Do we really know what consciousness is? How is it that an assemblage of atoms comes to have what we know as "consciousness"? It's quite incredible to think that a mind is a set of atoms that get conscious of their own existence; is science currently able to explain this?

The following article is in regards to the 10% question:

http://www.sci-con.org/articles/20040901.html

Does the theory of everything invalidate the idea of free will?

sincerely,


"My God, it's full of stars!" -2010