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Holy Shit, Humans Have RAM

FRIDAY APRIL 16 2004 3:00 PM

Submitted by d20. Edited By punk.

According to an article published in Nature, the human brain - previously thought to distribute working memory - actually stores it in a single dedicated area that can bottleneck brain function if it's not up to snuff.

This very short-term memory capacity is thought to be related to intelligence. In the same way that a computer with a larger working memory can crank through problems more quickly, people with a greater capacity for holding images in their heads are expected to have better reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Next time someone acts stupid, feel free to compare them to a Tandy.

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luckyride

Portland, OR

May 2003

APR 16, 2004 03:06 PM

i'm just waiting for they day i can download my brain onto the net and live forever!

[Edited on Apr 16, 2004 by whiterabbit]

Snottlebocket

Netherlands

March 2004

APR 16, 2004 03:17 PM

i wish i could upgrade my brain as easily as the computer, scary thought that someone might do a "brain://format " though.

Guildenstern

Corolla, NC

January 2004

APR 16, 2004 03:20 PM

Memory Write Error: Please contact Dell Customer Support.

Manchester_Black

Edmonton, AB

March 2004

APR 16, 2004 03:22 PM

God I could just imagine the pickup lines that would stem from that "Hey baby, I got huuuge RAM, wanna see?" Then they'd take them back to their place and do some math for fun

Snottlebocket

Netherlands

March 2004

APR 16, 2004 03:25 PM

Choke said:
God I could just imagine the pickup lines that would stem from that "Hey baby, I got huuuge RAM, wanna see?" Then they'd take them back to their place and do some math for fun

or the opposite, i'm so sorry, this never happened to me before...i got a floppy

amish_hitman

Asheville, NC

February 2004

APR 16, 2004 03:29 PM

Snottlebocket said:

Choke said:
God I could just imagine the pickup lines that would stem from that "Hey baby, I got huuuge RAM, wanna see?" Then they'd take them back to their place and do some math for fun

or the opposite, i'm so sorry, this never happened to me before...i got a floppy

...I will stick to my hard drive

498111023955391_

Tampa, FL

May 2003

APR 16, 2004 04:25 PM

I need to free some cache

thunderbolts

Toronto, ON

February 2004

APR 16, 2004 04:30 PM

be sure to use virus protection

Al

SUICIDEGIRL

Christmas Island

APR 16, 2004 04:44 PM

I'm surprised no one has ever said this before. Anyone who has ever done any sort of complicated problem knows that the hardest part is fitting it all in your head at once.

AceTracer

Hollywood, FL

January 2004

APR 16, 2004 04:44 PM

Technically, it's nature's cache memory, not really RAM

prnkstrss

Portland, OR

February 2003

APR 16, 2004 07:16 PM

awww crap...that page isn't loading for me....hmm

anyway, I'd suspect it acts like cache memory as well

but I know when I'm doing physics, I can tell my brain is acting differently, and that both hemispheres are working (one side is computing and the other side is visualizing)...I can literally seeing numbers floating around in my head and visualize the function of some quadratic equations.

< x|p >~hbar

[Edited on Apr 16, 2004 by prnkstrss]

dreaeuh

Tulsa, OK

March 2003

APR 16, 2004 08:58 PM

prnkstrss said:
awww crap...that page isn't loading for me....hmm

anyway, I'd suspect it acts like cache memory as well

but I know when I'm doing physics, I can tell my brain is acting differently, and that both hemispheres are working (one side is computing and the other side is visualizing)...I can literally seeing numbers floating around in my head and visualize the function of some quadratic equations.

< x|p >~hbar

[Edited on Apr 16, 2004 by prnkstrss]

sure that isn't due to drug use?