Zackinabox’s Weblog

Human Bandwidth

“We have access to more information than at anytime in history. The question remains: How much information are humans able to process?”

I completely agree with the opening statement. Access to information has never been so easy as it currently is. But a question that frequently occurs is How much information an average human can contain and use. I believe that it will vary. Each person is different some people can process a lot of information.

I believe in order to have at least a brief understanding of how to tell if a person can consume a lot of information is by finding out if they use the left or right brain more. It is said that people that are left brained enjoy being instructed verbally and can process it very well. Right brained people prefer to be instucted with visuals and they find verbal instuctions dull and boring . Right brained humans also enjoy studying in groups, as opposed to the left brains that don’t mind completing a lesson on there own. After hearing that, I believe we are all able to understand information equally and we can understand a lot. The only thing is that some need to find information different ways. Some people may be right brained and some may be left. In order to find information people just need to do it in a way that makes sense to them, and can keep their interest. For information on Both sides of the brain check out: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/.

Even though I think that the Brain is the big factor in finding information, it does not mean I am correct, it is just a theory. The only way one could ever find out exactly how much information a human being can process is by doing a large study across the globe. This sounds alright on paper but I do not think people will want to do this study unless they receive incentives prior to the study.

In conclusion I believe that we may never really find out how much information a human can process but anything is possible in the future.