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That limitation is not exactly biological. I'm pretty sure that alien mind (or artificial mind) would have pretty similar limitation. It could be "10 entities"
by dennisgorelik 14y ago
That limitation is not exactly biological. I'm pretty sure that alien mind (or artificial mind) would have pretty similar limitation. It could be "10 entities" instead of "5 entities", but the number of simultaneous entities in "processing model" would not be much higher.
The real reason for such limitation is that number of possible connections between objects is growing very quickly.
For example, 2 entities connect with each other by 1 connection.
3 entities connect by 3 connections.
4 entities connect by (4 * (4-1)) / 2 = 6 connections
5 entities -- 10 connections.
7 entities -- 21 connections.
10 entities -- 45 connections (4.5 times higher than for 5 entities).
Number of possible connections between entities defines complexity of the model.
- kalininalex 14y agoGood point. Connections make the situation even worse (for aliens). Interestingly, it's about the same for humans: 3-4 entities produce 3-6 connections. Both are in the same neighbourhood. The limitation is biological though (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_...).
- sirclueless 14y agoI think what Dennis means is that there is a philosophical reason why working memory is limited, and it's not just an idiosyncrasy of organic meat-brains. Of course the specific number is highly affected by human biology.