What's the bitrate of human spine?

>>212658
good question ***bump

>>212799
For obvious reasons.

that's not how it works.

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Well... let's see if we can approach that.

Do we have to account for motor nerves *and* sensory nerves or are you only interested in a one-way figure?
We could estimate how many strands there are from the cross-section of the spinal canal, but the real problem is that each tract probably transmits an analog signal. If it were binary (ie either transmitting at full force or not at all) we'd only be missing the reaction time on serial signals to estimate how many bps can be transferred. But since the signal can be weak or strong, swell up fast or gradually there is much much more info going along each tract. So if a single blip could be anywhere from super weak to breathtakingly strong, then a single blip would already transmit kilobits of data (an uncompressed analog signal). There are pracical limitations (you probably couldn't transmit the series 0-10000-0-10000-0-10000) since the regulation is chemical (ion channels, etc) and has to be at least a little gradual, but they'd be hard to calculate. The theoretical bandwidth without these constraints would probably be massive.

Given the bandwidth of your penis (picture related) i would expect an absurdly high number, well past the biggest backbone of the internet.

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>>213081
>if a single blip could be anywhere from super weak to breathtakingly strong, then a single blip would already transmit kilobits of data (an uncompressed analog signal)
What is "non-linear coding", Alex?

>>213559
this is a descriptor not applicable to biological systems, like bitrate.

>>213673
Bollocks isn't it.

If you can tell the difference between the weight of a paperweight, a keg, and a paperweight and a keg, then I'll accept you're not talking absolute and utter shit out your arse.

Otherwise, sensory nerves are non-linear.