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It's really interesting that human organism requires so much computational power to support live.
by vbezhenar 3y ago
It's really interesting that human organism requires so much computational power to support live.
- gwoolhurme 3y agoI think it's even more interesting that the required amount of energy to do that high computational work isn't that high. Evolution has been working on it for a long time, and some things are really inefficient but overall it does an OK job at making squishy machines.
- tedivm 3y agoThe human brain uses roughly 20 watts, which is really a remarkably low number. https://psychology.stackexchange.com/a/12386 https://psychology.stackexchange.com/a/12386
- interlinked 3y agoThat's 20% of total energy consumption.
- loh 3y agoI had a good chuckle at "squishy machines". That's a really interesting way to think about it. It makes me wonder if, some day, we will be able to build "squishy machines" of our own, capable of outperforming silicon while using a tiny fraction of the energy.
- WithinReason 3y agoNot really, as we only use 10% of our brains. /s