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Is 50 petabytes as much as a Human Brain?

It's about twenty times as much as a Human Brain
The amount of a Human Brain is about 2.50 petabytes.
According to Northwestern University psychology professor Paul Reber, the capacity of the human brain is a theoretical 2.5 petabytes. Each lobe of the brain consists of folded neural tissue with a total area, if unfolded, of about 0.24 sq. m.
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