The calipers are coming out again.https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/26/cortical-neuron-number-matches-intuitive-perceptions-of-moral-value-across-animals/ …
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... To render the calculations suitably cognitive elitist, though, the cortical neuron count needs to be modified by an exponent -- say n^6. Otherwise the significance of break-out thresholds are going to be missed. ...
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... It goes without saying that applying such calculations to humans would be monstrous (so we'll probably have to wait for the machines to do it).
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it's not only cortical count, though, it's about connectivity mostly (while obviously more neurons allow for more connections)
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