WHAT MATHEMATICIAN, CITED EARLIER, THAT THE LIFE TIME CAPACITY OF THE AVERAGE MEMORY IS UP TO ( ONE HUNDREDTRILLION) BITS. THEN WHO CAME A LONG TO DISTINGUISH AND JUST AS PLAUSIBLE PUT THE FIGURE AT (280 QUINTILLION) AND BY DOING SO THOUGHT THAT NOTHING IS TRULY FORGOTTEN, BUT WE KEEP VERY LITTLE IN OUR ACTIVE MEMORY, AND YET STILL WE WOULD HOLD SEVERAL BILLION TIMES MORE INFORMATION THAN A LARGE CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH COMPUTER.
2007-07-21 13:01:52 · 2 answers · asked by aprilmacfadden 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
1. Stop shouting.
2. I can't figure out what the hell you're asking.
2007-07-21 13:05:14 · answer #1 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this processing speed of the human mind was computed by Carl Sagan in his 70's work Dragons of Eden. in it he uses the idea: ok recall a memory, think of as many details as possible, figure the resolution of your mental image, reduce it to bits (basically the color), divide by the time it took you to do it. its been a while since ive read this but the figure was relatively low even compared to the computers of the time. turns out the computer wins every time, but it lacks the ability to think "outside the box."
2007-07-21 20:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by durman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋