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Does our brain have a data storage limit?

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The deadpan answer to this question would be, “No, your brain is almost certainly not full.” Although there must be a physical limit to how many memories we can store, it is extremely large. We don't have to worry about running out of space in our lifetime. Featured Product. Featured Product image. read more

For comparison, if your brain worked like a digital video recorder in a television, 2.5 petabytes would be enough to hold three million hours of TV shows. You would have to leave the TV running continuously for more than 300 years to use up all that storage. read more

One theory from an article on io9 - We come from the future. explains that there are about 100 billion neurons, and each is capable of making about 1,000 connections that represent 1,000 synapses (synapses do the work of data storage). read more

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