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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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2. Help me out here:

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 11:29 PM

Nov 2012

Every neuron in the human cortex has 16 billion neurons which has the computing power of a labtop.

Aside from the labtop, which I imagine to be the shirt that you wear in the laboratory, how does each neuron have 16 billion neurons?

Guh what?

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Throwing Cold Water On the Singurality Idea [View all] toddmiller Nov 2012 OP

But that's the conundrum toddmiller Dec 2012 #4

Help me out here: Orrex Nov 2012 #2

Typo toddmiller Dec 2012 #3

Doesn't really help Orrex Dec 2012 #5

maybe he means connections to other neurons *shrug* nt uriel1972 Dec 2012 #7