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FiftyTwo comments on Thermodynamics of Intelligence and Cognitive Enhancement - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: CasioTheSane 03 April 2014 11:17PM

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 04 April 2014 05:42:16PM 0 points [-]

Massive variation at a human scale may be microscopic on the scale of potential brains designs. Presumably if the OP is correct you would expect a massive difference of intelligence from even a minor improvement in energy usage