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Why do you say slow "clock speed"? Can we even use clock speed w.r.t brain? Genuinely curious.
by anthropodie 6y ago
Why do you say slow "clock speed"? Can we even use clock speed w.r.t brain? Genuinely curious.
- falcor84 6y agoI assume the comment was referring to the duration of the action potential and subsequent refectory period[0], which are on the order of milliseconds. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory_period_%28physiology%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory_period_%28physiolog...
- candiodari 6y agoThat makes no sense because the brain is not digital (it's "pulse-based"). There is no signal synchronizing all neurons in the brain, which is probably where a lot of the power savings come from too.
- eloff 6y agoIt's a very rough analogy. The brain doesn't work like a computer chip, but it does work much slower than modern chips in neuron firings per second.