That one neuron connects to about 7,000 others. Your brain has 86 billion of them. Do the math and you get somewhere around 100 trillion connections inside your head. More connections than stars in 1,500 galaxies.
And each connection point is way more complicated than anyone expected. A Stanford lab found that every single connection contains about 1,000 tiny switches that can store memories and process information at the same time. So your brain is running roughly 100 quadrillion switches right now, while you read this sentence.
The wild part is the power bill. Your brain runs on 20 watts. That’s less energy than the light in your fridge. The world’s fastest supercomputer needs 20 million watts to do the same amount of raw calculation. A million times more power for the same output.
We’re still nowhere close to understanding how any of this works. In October 2024, a team of hundreds of scientists finished mapping every single connection in a fruit fly’s brain. Took six years and heavy AI help. That fly brain had 140,000 neurons. Yours has 86 billion. Google and Harvard also mapped a piece of human brain last year, a speck smaller than a grain of rice. That speck alone contained 150 million connections and took 1,400 terabytes to store. The lead scientist said mapping a full human brain at that detail would produce as much data as the entire world generates in a year.
A tiny worm had its 302 brain cells mapped back in 1986. Almost 40 years later, scientists still can’t fully explain how that worm’s brain keeps it alive. Your brain has 86 billion of those cells, each one wired to thousands of others, each wire packed with a thousand switches, all of it humming along on less power than a lightbulb.
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Last night a Wisconsin bar ran a promo that patrons drink free if the Jets lose.
After Rodgers got hurt, everyone ran up their tab.
A news channel was live when the Jets won in OT and everyone realized they had to pay.
@Codie_Sanchez Your definitions are incorrect.
Vertical acquisition refers to buying a business on another level of your supply chain (buying your supplier of laundry soap).
Horizontal refers to acquiring a business that is at the same level of your supply chain (e.g. the bigger laundromat).
.@ESPN is shameless.
What coach has done for #MUBB in 2 years is immeasurable. He has created a culture that will sustain success on and off the court for years to come. And he has brought a team closer together than you will ever see. I’m so grateful to work for this team.