Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site proper.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!dual!proper!gam From: gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett) Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.misc,net.junk Subject: Re: A Quick Question Message-ID: <1354@proper.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 00:19:23 EDT Article-I.D.: proper.1354 Posted: Wed Jun 13 00:19:23 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 16-Jun-84 00:43:51 EDT References: <186@isrnix.UUCP> Organization: Proper UNIX, Oakland, CA Lines: 14 Keywords: brain,bits,bytes,Sagan,`billions and billions' > From: mr@isrnix.UUCP ( Michael Regoli ) > Organization: ISR - Indiana University > > Has anyone converted human memory capacity into bits and bytes? > > That is to say, is there an equivalent of megabytes to an average > human being's brain capacity? In "The Dragons of Eden" (pg 42-43), Carl Sagan arrives at a figure of: 10 trillion to 100 trillion bits, which is 1.25 million to 12.5 million megabytes, or 1.25 to 12.5 gigabytes. (... assuming 8-bit bytes).