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chrisjjtoday at 12:56 PM1 replyview on HN

> You've probably heard that the mind can hold seven things at once.

What I've heard is human short-term memory can hold seven things at once. Fortunately the mind is much more.


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Filligreetoday at 1:19 PM

Seven plus-minus two, but the definition of “thing” is incredibly vague and depends on your life history to date.