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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two | Better HN
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
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influxed
11y ago
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slashnull
11y ago
Mine is approximately half of that.
Eagerly awaiting artificial memory implants. 'l be the first in line.
victor22
11y ago
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.
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