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The human brain can generate about 20 watts of electrical power enough to power a small LED lightbulb This electricity is produced by the synchronized firing of roughly 86 billion neurons, each one acting like a tiny biological battery pumping ions across membranes to create voltage spikes. When you have a thought form a memory or feel an emotion what's actually happening is an electrochemical cascade sodium and potassium ions rushing through protein gates creating waves of depolarization that ripple across neural networks at speeds up to 268 miles per hour. The combined electrical activity of your brain at any given moment could theoretically charge a smartphone battery over the course of a few days. And yet this 20 watt three pound organ consuming no more energy than a dim Christmas bulb contains more processing power than the world's most advanced supercomputers, stores a lifetime of memories and generates the entirety of your conscious experienc every color you see every song you l.
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