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2412956 No.2412956 [Reply] [Original]

When you learn things your brain makes connections, these are physical connections that happen in the brain, surely this means that memory takes up some physical space.
Does this mean that there is a limit to how much you can learn?

>> No.2412960

yes, just try and learn more

>> No.2412964

Yes. But it's more information than a human could actually learn in 100 years.

>> No.2413031

how are these connections made? If it is a chemical reaction then couldn't you figure that out and increase humans potential to learn?

>> No.2413056

>>2412964

What might it take to unlock this potential?

>> No.2413058

>>2413031
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_potentiation
If you increase the rate of this, would you not learn a lot of irrelevant bullshit too?

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2413171

yes, but there are approximately 100 trillion connections and different "flavors" (neurochemicals) that act differently, so possibly up to like 1 quadrillion bits of data.

Plus, it's likely not impossible to grow new neurons, but it hasn't really been recorded especially on a large scale.

>> No.2413174

>>2413056
You already have it faggot.

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>>2412964
>100 years
>this generation

>> No.2413186

>>2413058
>>2413058
True but the increased learning capacity would make up for learning irrelevant bullshit would it not