The dog ate my homework

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What I was doing when I should have been doing something else.
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…computational efficiency is the single most astonishing fact of the mammalian brain. Here you are, reading these words, daydreaming about lunch, processing the richness of reality, thinking about tomorrow, and your brain requires less energy than a low wattage lightbulb. … Just look at Deep Blue [the IBM chess supercomputer]: when the machine is operating at full speed it’s a fire hazard, and requires specialized heat-dissipating equipment to keep it cool. Meanwhile, people like [chess grandmaster Gary] Kasparov barely break a sweat. Efficiency : The Frontal Cortex