Memory Span

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Memory Span

• The number of things that you can hold in your
  head at once while working on an problem
• This limited working memory is a profound
  handicap for a rational decision maker
• When you work with ideas in your head you are
  moving them around sort of like a juggler

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How Many?
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Even a Mathematician is limited by Memory Span
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Some are more limited
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Some can handle more
some master Jugglers
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But Seven Nine is Maximum and Ten is only in
your dreams
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When there are too many
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Some of them get dropped
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Or artistically set aside from the real mental
consideration