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Originally Posted by douglas denny
I agree with the idea of millions of bits of information coming in to the brain requiring filtering to prevent overloading the conscious mind, but would dispute strongly the suggestion that there are only seven bits of information perceived in the conscious mind. That is rubbish, Maybe it is an exaggeration to illustrate an idea OK - but seven bits is silly.
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Actually its wrong - what they should have made clearer is that your conscious mind can process around 7 +- 2 bits of information at any given time. Think of 'kims game' or similar in that to do well you need to start using memory 'tricks' to help (i.e remember the items as a story).
They shouldn#t have implied that you only percieve 7 bits - thats quite wrong.