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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
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influxed
11y ago
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victor22
11y ago
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Mirror? Seems dead from here.
slashnull
11y ago
Too lazy, but you can just google "miller magic number" and it explains to you that we can remember 7 +- 2 elements at the same time and discusses a few implications, such as phone numbers having 7 digits.
slashnull
11y ago
Mine is approximately half of that.
Eagerly awaiting artificial memory implants. 'l be the first in line.
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