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You seem to be confusing the idea of the brain storing information in long term memory with the brain receiving information. Not all information processed is s
by ClassyJacket 9y ago
You seem to be confusing the idea of the brain storing information in long term memory with the brain receiving information.
Not all information processed is stored.
If the brain didn't receive hundreds of megabits of information per second, nobody would be able to tell the difference between SD and HD video.
- dredmorbius 9y agoI'd argue this isn't a confusing but a distinguishing. oh_sigh is being downvoted for truth.
- oh_sigh 9y agoConsidering the optic nerve can only tramsit ~6 Mbits/sec, and layer 4 of v1 in your visual cortext only gets ~10 kbits/sec, I would say you are wrong. To test this, try seeing if you can distinguish HD from SD without the use of your fovea. You have one highly detailed section of your eye, and the rest is low quality input which is "upgraded" through previous sightings with the fovea and your brains knowledge of how it thinks the world works. See 'foveated rendering' which will be important in the VR world, to learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveated_rendering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveated_rendering
- extr 9y agoI would argue that you're confusing "brain receiving complete information" with "brain doing inference on what information it does receive to get you close enough". You don't need the full screen to tell that the image is SD vs HD, you just need to glance at a small segment. That's not 100s of mb/sec. You know that the rest of the video is happening in your peripheral, and maybe you can tell what's going on. But in actuality you're receiving a very low bit rate version of that, and your brain is simply telling you "X & Y are happening in HD in your peripheral" and it's convincing enough.