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> At age 30 the total energy use of the brain sums up to about 5000 Wh,

That doesn't sound right... 30 years * 20 Watts = 1.9E10 Joules = 5300 kWh.

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Where did you get the 20 Watt from?

My number is based on calorie usage

oh ok, I used 400 calories/day and not 400 kcal/day.

Yea, then the numbers are off by 1000

I respect that you replied to the comment and owned your math error :) The rest of your comment is an interesting observation. Never thought about it starting out at the cal level.

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