# Dual Core **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230 "2006-04-03T15:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/1 "2006-04-03T15:16:56Z")
Before a mod moves this, this really doesn’t have anything to do with computers. I just wanted to know if it’s possible to train your brain to be dual core. Ex. Can we do more than one math problem at a time without going back and forth, but rather think both at the same time? Is it something you can train yourself doing? :asian: ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/2 "2006-04-03T15:23:50Z")
You could think of your mind as having many cores that each have a certain responsibility. I am going to reword your question as asking whether each core in our mind can execute threads simultaneiously. So, with that question, whether one core can execute threads simultaneously, I don’t think so. For example, you can easily walk and talk at the same time. It could be that the cores responsible for processing walking and talking are independent with no overlapping threads fighting for processor time. On the other hand, you cannot easily draw a circle and a square simultaneously. There are also some tricks where it is difficult try to spin your arms in one direction while trying to twirl your feet in another direction. The drawing function would be located on one core, and the spinning function would be located on one core. By trying to draw two things at once, your single-core drawing processor is overwhelmed, and the same can be said for the single-core spinning processor. Therefore doing two similar tasks within each core would require separate threads in each to be created. That might explain why such similar tasks are difficult to perform at the same time. So, with regards to math, because there could be one core in your brain responsible for mathematical reasoning, it would be very difficult to simultaneously solve several math problems because, like I mentioned earlier, cores can’t multitask all that well. :book: ---
**Author:** ![secretinish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@secretinish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/secretinish)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/3 "2006-04-03T15:24:45Z")
I just got a headache from trying it out! I am sure it is possible considering we only use 10% of our brain power:glasses: ---
**Author:** ![secretinish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@secretinish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/secretinish)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/4 "2006-04-03T15:33:06Z")
Just read Kirupa’s response; I think I will go with the MIT answer :x ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jolly_Fat_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/5 "2006-04-03T15:35:15Z")
Like kirupa said. We are multi-core, and also multi-task; but each core can only do 1 job at a time, and each core is dedicated to one type of job. Maybe you can do what you talk about, but you probably won’t think you are doing it. Sorta like holding a sheet close to your face… You can only see the sheet, but your arms can be doing something beneath it. Processes that are considered complicated, or high inteligence requirement, cannot overlap. Like juggling and doing complicated math problems using only your mind… Basicly what Kirupa said. ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/6 "2006-04-03T15:42:21Z")
That makes sense, but can you agree that we can make new cores as we age? Why can’t we just make another math core? Instead of hyper-threading a core, would it be possible just to create two of a kind? ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/7 "2006-04-03T15:53:31Z")
I think doing multiple physical tasks (The arm spinning thing as an example) is a much different story than multiple brain tasks or computations ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/8 "2006-04-03T16:03:50Z")
■■■■ I was hoping it was about dual core pc’s considering I want to buy something new for home. oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@Jolly\_Fat\_Man](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jolly_Fat_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/9 "2006-04-03T16:22:28Z")
Human brains are made from very complex cells, which can only grow until early childhood. Not exactly sure when, but it’s really early. After that you never get any new brain cells. Just like all other complex cell making it’s a one time deal. Not sure that even if we could make new brain cells during all of our life, that we could produce a new core for a specific task. That would be similar to an upgrade in OS design. We don’t even use all of our current brain areas, so redesigning one of the non used ones would probably take hundreds of thousands of years. It’s like an empty warehouse. Most of the rooms are locked and you don’t have the keys. How can you make use of some of the locked rooms if you can’t even get inside… No cement, no wood, not even tools. We are like an computer with a sealed case. No changing of parts, and no upgrades. ---
**Author:** ![foodpk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@foodpk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/foodpk)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/10 "2006-04-03T18:16:13Z")
> [@secretinish](#): > > I just got a headache from trying it out! I am sure it is possible considering we only use 10% of our brain power:glasses: Yes, that’s a popular misconception. We actually use all of our brain. We just use a certain percentage of our brain at a time. Throughout the day, we use 100% of it but we can only use some parts at any given moment. ---
**Author:** ![garyzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@garyzero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/garyzero)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/11 "2006-04-03T18:37:26Z")
as long as the part that tells my bowls and kidneys to release and and not release keeps working 100% then I’m good. I imagine the part for example that tells us to breath, eat, excrete waste and sleep is one of those parts that people don’t realize is working all the time. Wow we actually do use more of our brain than I realized. ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/12 "2006-04-03T21:06:54Z")
Hehe, so cafeine is like overclocking. ---
**Author:** ![vini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@vini](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vini)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/13 "2006-04-03T21:22:53Z")
donot try overclocking your brain ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dual-core/184230/14 "2006-04-03T21:31:44Z")
College biology professor back in the day said that the human brain only performs one task at one time. It is not capable of performing two simultaneous tasks, however the speed at which it goes thorugh its “que” is stunning. So if you are blinking your eyes while chewing, each muscle fire happens in succession, not at the same time. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001987178\_multitasking26.html](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001987178_multitasking26.html) supposedly women can - be cool if someone found a link on it - even funnier side note - im supposed to be doing something else besides replying to this thread. frontal lobe damage here i come!