[bobdsmith]

You have no idea what you're talking about. There are 15 billion brain cells in the human brain, all with specific connections to hundreds or thousands of other brain cells. (If they're not connected correctly you can end up with a disfunctional schirzophrenic person.) I'll esimate very low and say that it takes 1 kb of data to store the correct connections for each cell.

You assume it isn't just copied. Look up fractals. A whole complex tree with millions of branches and nodes in complex configurations can be generated iteratively using a few simple rules. You don't need to store the precise location and connections of EVERY single neuron. And clearly this isn't the case.

[defenderSD]

"A whole complex tree with millions of branches and nodes in complex configurations can be generated iteratively using a few simple rules."

Now that is some major hand waving. You're going to have to get much more specific and detailed to generate a convincing argument. How does this work specifically inside the brain of a large animal?