Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!kithrup.com!djheydt From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) Subject: Re: The Speed of Thought Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:24:58 GMT References: <58FBA2D2.5616@ix.netcom.com> <58FC3603.577F@ix.netcom.com> <58fc9ce1$0$1811$e4fe514c@textnews.kpn.nl> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Lines: 25 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:630232 sci.physics.relativity:416985 rec.arts.sf.written:469581 In article , Greg Goss wrote: >Sjouke Burry wrote: > > >>> I think it's fair to say it's a little more than..."80 wpm". >>> >>Nerve conduction velocity - Wikipedia >>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_conduction_velocity >>Nerve impulses are extremely slow compared to the speed of electrical >>impulses which are on the order of 50–99% of the speed of light, >>however, very fast compared to the speed of blood flow, with some >>myelinated neurons conducting at speeds up to 120 m/s (432 km/h or 275 mph). > >There are some issues with running giraffes. Apparently the decision >on where to place each foot has to be made some astonishingly long >time before the foot actually goes down. Perhaps the decision is made somewhere in the spinal column, rather than in the brain? Like the spinal reflex that makes one jerk her hand away from a hot iron before her brain notices it. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com