UM-Bot Posted June 6, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 6, 2015 With all the information we take in on a daily basis is it possible for the brain to run out of space ? On the face of it our brains would seem to be capable of storing a practically limitless amount of information including our memories, the skills we have learned and all of our general knowledge. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/282318/can-the-human-brain-become-too-full 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 6, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I think I have space left ... I'm still hearing echoes ... ~ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted June 6, 2015 #3 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I have to keep making space by ditching stuff. Trouble is, my brain doesn't ask my permission for what it's okay to chuck and what I would like to keep ..... it seems to choose quite randomly! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 6, 2015 #4 Share Posted June 6, 2015 It's the Gremlins ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Lotus Posted June 6, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 6, 2015 i can feel information leaving my brain all the time... stupid brain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistydawn Posted June 6, 2015 #6 Share Posted June 6, 2015 qUOTE: "At the other end of the spectrum there are also those who can barely remember anything at all and even have problems recalling things that happened to them only a few minutes earlier." I WANT TO BE ONE OF THEM!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted June 6, 2015 #7 Share Posted June 6, 2015 i have a big memory, i remember when things happen, the dates, like oh yeah guys, remember back in october 2004 when we did this and everyone look at me like im a freak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 6, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 6, 2015 It's always Jarjar's fault ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted June 6, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I've recently defragged my brain. I had to do a system check as well. I think I've got my setting optimal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 6, 2015 #10 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Ok maybe I found an answr.. The human brain consists of about one billion neurons. Each neuron forms about 1,000 connections to other neurons, amounting to more than a trillion connections. If each neuron could only help store a single memory, running out of space would be a problem. You might have only a few gigabytes of storage space, similar to the space in an iPod or a USB flash drive.Yet neurons combine so that each one helps with many memories at a time, exponentially increasing the brain’s memory storage capacity to something closer to around 2.5 petabytes (or a million gigabytes). For comparison, if your brain worked like a digital video recorder in a television, 2.5 petabytes would be enough to hold three million hours of TV shows. You would have to leave the TV running continuously for more than 300 years to use up all that storage. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-memory-capacity/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted June 6, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 6, 2015 300 years of TV. I'm lucky to get an hour a day. Guess I'll have room left for a while. I got through college not by being smart, but by remembering what I'd been taught and repeating it...... Not that I'm not smart too though.... :innocent: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeOnlyMe Posted June 6, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I dont remember what it's called but it has to do with short term memory, like right now you are probably taking in a lot of information; a lot of aliens which cant be processed into "photographic memory." So your brain, basically deletes some of that information, like the exact location of certain objects in your peripheral view, colors, etc. This can be applied to generally anything at any given moment, your brain really decides whats important and what isn't important. You could be reading this right now and not have even noticed a lot of aliens which cant be processed into "photographic memory." or perhaps you did notice it, and can consciously recall seeing it, because it was so "obvious." Whereas most of the information in this text is not instantly identifiable, you understand what im explaining and can even remember it, say a couple hours from now. But you wont be able to remember the first 14 words; even though you read them and understood them.Our brains dont remember much beyond a couple of months, unless it made a huge impact on you or you made a habit of remembering it. Im pretty sure we wont run out of memory for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godnodog Posted June 6, 2015 #13 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I´ve read somewhere that elderly people are slower in thinking process due to too much information needs to be processed by the brais, old age in not the only factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernal Gnu Posted June 7, 2015 #14 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Vulcans must have unlimited mental capacity. No telling how many Vulcan mind melds Spock did. I want to be Vulcan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ117044 Posted June 7, 2015 #15 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I want to forget that Obama was ever president... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidElement Posted June 7, 2015 #16 Share Posted June 7, 2015 This is interesting, i didnt read the article, or the comments. I am just going of the title.. That being said, how can the brain become to full when it is said that humans dont even "use" 100 percent of their brains... Didnt Einstein use a bigger portion then the majority of the public.. how are scientists speculating that the brain can be to "full" when we dont use it to the maximum potential .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoid78 Posted June 7, 2015 #17 Share Posted June 7, 2015 This is why weeds is getting legalized. It empties your brain and your memory like nothing else! S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted June 7, 2015 #18 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Maybe that's why memories fade with time. It's natures way of erasing old data to make room for new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 7, 2015 #19 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Maybe that's why memories fade with time. It's natures way of erasing old data to make room for new. hmmm, my old mum has got to the stage where all she talks about is what happened 50+ odd years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted June 7, 2015 #20 Share Posted June 7, 2015 hmmm, my old mum has got to the stage where all she talks about is what happened 50+ odd years ago Yeah, parents can remember certain things in their lives but have a difficult time distinguishing which of their children's names are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withoutnight Posted June 7, 2015 #21 Share Posted June 7, 2015 We do use 100% of our brain. sorry for double post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godnodog Posted June 7, 2015 #22 Share Posted June 7, 2015 This is interesting, i didnt read the article, or the comments. I am just going of the title.. That being said, how can the brain become to full when it is said that humans dont even "use" 100 percent of their brains... Didnt Einstein use a bigger portion then the majority of the public.. how are scientists speculating that the brain can be to "full" when we dont use it to the maximum potential .. like Withoutnhight stated, we use all our brain, that hoax shoukd be dead and fullly decomposed by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmakazi Posted June 7, 2015 #23 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I remember an episode of Married with Children about this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted June 7, 2015 #24 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I remember an episode of Married with Children about this.... That you remember "Married with Children" alone means you have a good memory. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted June 8, 2015 #25 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Just found out a local TV channel is running the full 'Mork and Mindy' series ~ the kids to tweens and teens are loving it ... ~ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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