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The cited neuroscience account says no more than one percent of neurons can be active at once. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Here’s Why Your Brain Seems Mostly Dormant · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:aad3c145e66cded8af17eaabf09d3b52bd315eeb39f0662847e895ff5573d04c

This energy budget puts limits on how much of the cortex can be engaged at once: In total, no more than 1 percent of neurons can be active.