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Newsletter #196 Our brains are capable of mind-boggling feats, yet we still know very little about how they pull it off

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Nov 25, 2025
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Our brains are capable of mind-boggling feats, yet we still know very little about how they pull it off

At least 86 billion nerve cells are active in our brains. They form approximately 500 billion connections with each other. And perhaps there are many, many more.

We know a little about how nerve cells process and store information. First in short-term m…

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