Friday, November 26, 2010

Human brain more complex than internet

Scientists examined the glowing brain of a supermouse in order to find out just how capable the brain and its synapses are. The mind boggles, and boggles some more, thanks to its incredible capacity and complexity. Scaling up their findings, they found that all the babble about supercomputer brains is even more true than even than Tony Buzan would have us believe. Watch and boggle. And be very proud of your superbrain. Original story here.

Which makes me wonder: what the hell do stupid people waste all that synaptic goodness on? We all got the basic hardware... It kind of humbles me as an IT guy that all our collective effort in the tech industry is still bested by the product of a little unskilled labor. Mostly I'm proud we can use our brain to figure itself out. Cogito ergo sum, that whole bit.

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