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By no means rigorous, an estimate for the number of neurons is around 10^10 [0] with an average number of connections estimated at around 8000 [1].

Call 10^10 \approx 2^40 for convenience, and 8000 \approx 2^13, which gives us a 2^53 entropy estimate, or about a petabyte of information as an estimate of what the human brain can store (discounting more exotic theories of memory stored in DNA or some such).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain#Microanatomy

[1] https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/7967/how-many...

parent abetusk 3 years ago

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