Yes, the brain thing is a myth. Different parts of the brain do different jobs. Your speech center is not going to be operating at 100% if you're not in some kind of extreme language/understanding challenge. The same goes for the rest of parts of your brain. This somehow gave rise to a stupid myth that says we only ever use a small part of our brains which is frankly ridiculous. We wouldn't have that much brain if we didn't use it.
I see the pursuit of solipsism as one that is highly unlikely to bear any fruit. All it can do is make you doubt things that you likely benefit more from believing or even taking for granted, such as yourself, the banana you ate last tuesday or all the stuff you learned in science class today. Because it can't be proven or disproven, I doubt there's much wisdom to tap into there. As I wrote earlier, you may feel some existential dread I guess.
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