ak057 at chebucto.ns.ca (Shane Markle) writes:
>I recently heard of a calculation of the general amount of information
>stored in a human brain, represented in bits, and need to know what that
>capacity is. If anyone has the figures, would they please email them to
>me at aa642 at torfree.net? It's needed to settle an argument/discussion.
>Thank you in advance.
Whatever this number turns out to be, I wouldn't put any faith in it.
The brain isn't a computer based on binary logic. It certainly doesn't
store information as bits.
Kevin
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Kevin Spencer
Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory and Beckman Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
kspencer at p300.cpl.uiuc.edu
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