Science

🧠 Your brain is powerful beyond belief- 86 billion neurons swap chemical and electrical signals across synapses (20-40nm gaps) which drives learning, memory, and behavior

⚡️These synaptic connections are hubs for communication in the brain forming vast neural networks which are essential for higher level cognitive ability

👶From early childhood to adolescence, you lose ~40-50% of synapses. Why? Efficiency through pruning.

🏌️‍♂️New tasks are clunky which drains extra energy. Your brain uses pruning to clear inefficient and redundant neural pathways for smoother skills.

💥The process of learning is a beautiful case of necessary destruction amidst creation