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Posts by Basile Starynkevitch‭

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Q&A magical number 7 - cognitive limitation of working memory (for bigger brains)

It is well known that our working memory (in our brains) is limited to about 7 items, the magical number 7, + or - 2. This is the Miller's law. (our working memory is not at all like the RAM of a ...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Basile Starynkevitch‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Basile Starynkevitch‭

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Q&A Life-speed of non-water alien life (much slower or much faster than on Earth)?

Would non-water based alien life have different life speed than us? (I have studied some chemistry in CPGE in 1978-80, but I was very bad at it) IIRC, chemical reactions are (exponentially) faste...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Basile Starynkevitch‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Basile Starynkevitch‭

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