Why Do We Live at 10bits/s?

BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: It might sound unbelievable, but the human brain processes information at just 10 bits per second! Yes, folks, that's slower than the internet speeds many of us endured during the early days of dial-up. While our senses take in billions of bits of data every second, our brain intelligently sifts through the chaos, letting through only what's important.This is no accident. Researchers Jieyu Zheng and Markus Meister explain in their study, The Unbearable