The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists

Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by radiojosh on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:16PM (#38337356)

I am guessing that they can't actually mean 11 spacial dimensions. Are they saying something analogous to multi-dimensional data structures? Like these things exist in 3D space but they are akin to arrays of arrays?

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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by kazinator on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:39PM (#38337623)

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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by I_Am_Nous on Sunday November 19, 2023 @06:03PM (#38339496)

I wonder if it's more like 11 "dimensional analysis" dimensions, rather than space/time+ dimensions. So thinking about something complicated could mean we can process/hold 11 separate variables at a time?

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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by radiojosh on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:49PM (#38352528)

Maybe they're counting "herbs and spices" as dimensions.

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Re:The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, disco... by I_Am_Nous on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:53PM (#38357838)

>flashbacks to Flavortown

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