[firecall]

Does the brain require more energy to store more information?

Or is it always running at the same pace regardless of if it’s empty or not?

I guess the Brian doesn’t really work like that…. But I’m curious :-)

[ReactiveJelly]

The brain doesn't seem to ever "clock down" when it's idle, which is interesting to me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain#Metabolism

> The energy consumption of the brain does not vary greatly over time

[gmadsen]

maybe between sleep and normal waking idle because there is actually quite a bit going on during sleep. There has been quite a bit of research though regarding higher "clock up" states consuming far more energy, such as grandmasters playing a chess tournament

[lobocinza]

My lazy research pointed to 6K calories which is a lot more than a typical person can burn by physical exercise.