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Ned Latham wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> > Ned Latham wrote:
> > > The Starmaker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The Speed of Thought
> > >
> > > Depends on the indiviual. Most people should be able to manage
> > > 80 wpm or more.
> > >
> > > > I don't think
> > >
> > > We know.
> >
> > The speed of light is not about how fast it can type...
> 
> Neither is what I said. wpm is how fast *thought* occurs.
> 
> > but how fast it can move.
> 
> If you mean thought moves from the thinker's head to some other
> place, you'd best state your hypothesis clearly, then show cause
> to acceot it.
> 
> > Once you understand 'thought' as information... then you can
> > measure how fast thought can move.
> 
> No. Once you understand that you have to state a clear hypothesis
> and show cause to accept it, then you can start to discuss it.
> 
> > Let me give you a simple example..
> >
> > Your great great grandmother puts her thoughts in a letter and
> 
> Wrong. No-one has ever done that.
> 
> ----further baseless speculation snipped----
> 
> Ned


They say the universe is...mathematical, isn't math...thought?