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when we don't reach it in our lifetime, why do we have that over-capacity than?

The brain already consumes something like 20% of our energy.

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Why would you assume that unused spare capacity is a significant fraction of that expense?

Maybe that excess capacity helps with efficiency? I know that some computer filesystems and flash devices get extremely slow when they start hitting 99% capacity.

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