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To: Jonty30

How much electricity does the human brain produce again?


3 posted on 09/16/2023 4:32:42 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: I-ambush

The brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy usage.

Using a conversion conversion chart, from calories to wattage, 300 calories = about 0.3489 watts/day. So, the average brain uses around 0.3489 watts/day.

The human body is amazingly efficient.


6 posted on 09/16/2023 4:38:58 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: I-ambush; Jonty30
Near the end of the article…
“A computer can play Go and even beat humans…But it will take a computer something like 100 kilowatts to do so while our brains do it for just 20 watts.”
So the brain is 5,000 times more power efficient.
14 posted on 09/16/2023 6:28:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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