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That's well known, and is ~20W, with some variation depending on brain size.

This study was about the difference in energy consumption when you are "thinking hard", compared to just resting.



I guess this is why the machines made the matrix, to stimulate brain activity and extract more than 20W per person :P


So then the 5% increase is on the order of a watt, which is really not a lot.




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