Think of your brain as a necktop computer. Which, of course, it is.

Your brain’s computing power, with its massive network of over 100 billion brain cells, is around 100 TFlop/s (“teraflops” or trillions of calculations per second).

Each one of your billions of brain cells is like a computer processing unit—taking information IN and sending it OUT. It’s the earth’s supreme intelligent machine. And, you are a lucky owner.

The problem is how to boost your brain’s software because the software you are currently using is over 2500 years old!

DID YOU KNOW?
• The worlds #1 supercomputer is–BlueGene–at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California which was built by IBM.
• It has set a new record of 136 TFlop/s (“teraflops” or trillions of calculations per second).
• But human brains are still better than supercomputers in many respects.
• BlueGene will have 50 terabytes (trillion bytes) of memory while the brain has a 100 terabyte capacity.
• Brains are portable. BlueGene is the size of two basketball courts and weighs 200 tons.
• The average brain is 56 cubic inches and weighs 3.3 pounds.
• The human brain is distinguished by its ability to think and create in addition to simply processing information quickly.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE …
There’s one big difference between your brain and a supercomputer: consciousness.

You are aware of this difference and a computer is not.

Computers do not have emotions, thoughts and dreams. At least not yet! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing emotional capabilities in computers and robots.

Here is a simple audit for you to rate your own brainpower. It was designed by Dr Eric Bienstock who is Vice-Principal of SOT in New York. Eric based this checklist on the SOT’s Learn-To-Think Coursebook and Instructors Manual (Capra/New 1982).

Rate your own brainpower here …

What is Australia?
Australia is the name given to an agreement between the people of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia to unite in one federation under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Who Created Australia?

Find out here …

THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: Just suppose I sat on a light beam. What would I see?

This is the question Albert Einstein asked himself at 16. He called it a “thought experiment”. By the time he had answered it five years later he had made the greatest single discovery ever made by a human brain.

Asking ‘Just Suppose’ is a great way to surprise yourself and to get outside your own head. Use random connections. Take quantum leaps.

What thought experiment can you do today?

Just suppose my car could talk, what would it say? Just suppose I was boss, what would I do? Just suppose my house was a pineapple …. ?

The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads…the BRAIN!!

Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system.

Discover the exciting world of the brain, spinal cord, neurons and the senses. Use the experiments, activities and games to help you learn about the nervous system. Portions of Neuroscience for Kids are available in Spanish, Slovene, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Japanese and Turkish.

The Guardian: 

Scientists have made a major leap in unravelling the genetic causes of seven common diseases, including diabetes, arthritis and high blood pressure, by completing the largest analysis of the human genome.Professor Peter Donnelly of Oxford University said: “By identifying the genes underlying these conditions, our study should enable scientists to understand better how disease occurs, which people are most at risk and, in time, to produce more effective, more personalised treatments.”

As of this post there are: 6,599,610,279

For the latest number you can click here and go to the US Census Bureau anytime and check their population clock.

GLOBAL VILLAGE 100
What if we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people with all the existing human ratios remaining the same? What would that little global village look like?

This micro-village would look something the following. There would be:

Think about it and post your comment:
When you think about the world from this compressed perspective what, in your opinion, is the most interesting thing for you to consider?

SIMON SAYS: As an outsider who was invited into the Googleplex, I am eternally grateful for the opportunity. Google, like any company has its flaws. I even admit this. But its physical environment is not one of them.

As my host explained in a way I just couldn’t, the Googleplex is a social experiment.

Yes, there were people riding around on electric scooters, there were people playing volleyball outside, some guy was swimming in a lap pool (with a lifeguard watching, I kid you not). And there was the food. And the kitchens. And the technology.

There are a lot of reasons why Google is phenomenally successful. The Googleplex, and the attention to detail behind it, is clearly one of them.
Take the tour with Simon …

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