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The brain has ~86 billion densely connected neurons
The human brain contains roughly 86 billion cells, each connected to between 1,000 and 10,000 others and communicating electrically and chemically, making the computational complexity of the system get out of hand quickly and explaining why adequate theories remain elusive.
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David PoeppelEvidence Quote
“the current estimate for the human brain, it has 86 billion cells and each cell has... between 1000 and 10,000 friends.”
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 12:19:52 AM
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