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> A biological neuron is 6e17 Daltons[0]

A grain of sand is around 6.02E19 Daltons, imagine how much computational power there is in a sand castle!

On the other hand, snails have been shown to use just two neurons to generate their complex (relatively, I mean they're snails after all) feeding behaviour with just two neurons: https://neurosciencenews.com/neurons-decision-making-4370/

(Veering slightly offtopic here but this is the first I've heard the term 'Dalton', I've always just heard them called AMUs.)



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