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tokaiyesterday at 2:40 PM1 replyview on HN

No its pretty well understood that brain size in it self doesn't signify intelligence, even if correcting for body size. Density, connectedness, and complexity are important. Modeling the information processing capacity of animal brains it is shown that smaller brain like those of octopi and corvides are highly capable despite a relative low neuron count compared to humans.


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yieldcrvyesterday at 3:59 PM

I’d be interested in crafting a more neural optimal, less resource intensive human