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From: 6600dt@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Dave Goggin)
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Subject: Re: How much info can the brain hold?
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Date: 29 Nov 90 17:20:08 GMT
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In article <11941@hubcap.clemson.edu> svissag@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve L Vissage II) writes:

>I've heard estimates of how many neurons the human brain contains, somewhere 
>in the trillions, I believe.  Has there ever been a reliable estimate of
>how much information, in bits or other computer-relevant units, can be
>contained in that structure?
> 
>I ask because, if we don't know exactly HOW we store information (we still
>don't know, do we?)  can we estimate how much?
>

I'd follow up with another questin of brain
computer comparison.  It is known that much of the
brain's power comes ffom the high degree of
paraallel processing involved.  What is the speed
(in MHz, or other units) that the brin runs at, and
how does it vary with state.  Also, how does this
compare iwht existing parrallel-processed hardware?

*dt*