[Buddha-l] from our mutual noggin

[jkirk]

Bravo, Gary! A tour de neuro-force.
JK
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Here's a draft of my working definition, which I thought I'd
share with you all, for its wonders:

 The *human brain *takes up 2% of the body's weight yet requires
about 25%
>> of its oxygen. The number of states the brain is capable of at
any 
>> given moment is 1 followed by a million zeros. It contains
more 
>> cells*(neurons) *than stars in the Milky Way, and each has
app. 1,000 
>> points of
>> interconnection* (synapses) *with other brain cells, 100
trillion 
>> such path-points in all, each firing from 1-100 times/second, 
>> simultaneously, and with built-in feedback loops, enabling it
to 
>> learn from experience and change its structure*
(neuroplasticity). 
>> *This adaptive process is dependent on interaction with other
brains, 
>> from early childhood development on throughout life, thus
confirming 
>> our inextricable and profound interdependence.
>
>

Gary
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