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by hnaccount_rng 684 days ago
The brain is responsible for about 1/5 of the total energy expenditure (and therefore food requirement)of a human body. So yes, on a biological level, there is significant resource constraints on a human brain. What is less clear is whether this actually holds for the “computing” part (as contrasted with the “sustainment”, think cell replacement, part)