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QUOTE `{}`	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.
QUOTE `{}`	A large population of cortical neurons are “silent.” They spike surprisingly rarely, and some do not spike at all.