Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:38:39 -0500 Message-ID: <58FD8F73.7FCE@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:38:59 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The Speed of Thought References: <58FBA2D2.5616@ix.netcom.com> <58FC3603.577F@ix.netcom.com> <58FD07F7.4D9@ix.netcom.com> <58FD7BC7.5C6C@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170423-0, 04/23/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 61 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-DEC227DndGreqlQR8NW2LOyCvC8tjwAjoW10wMAFK5ZZxlP5JQMYu7NoSLrB9rk4mhA8R0tI74/hdRr!Gr233OKxOuMx4NVSiS13X9QkoMpUt1zo3Ee+NUF8qKwXs8BFD0omfFYDmKVegqDvBLWuzEfDhTBs!oWwsLqc+3c4= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3333 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:630368 sci.physics.relativity:417038 alt.astronomy:290495 rec.arts.sf.written:469648 The Starmaker wrote: > > Ned Latham wrote: > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > 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---- > > > > > > They say the universe is...mathematical, isn't math...thought? > > > > Nope. It's a result of thought. Similarly, but not the same, great > > great grandma's letter is a result of action motivated by thought. > > > > Ned > > Information...'wishes' to be free. > > The thought action is to free itself, by any means necessary... > > by any mode of transportation, whether it's a pony, a telephone..pass > the speed of light. But maybe I went a little to fast for yous with a pony express...i shoulda started with...sending thoughts with smoke signals.