Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:630218 sci.physics.relativity:416974 rec.arts.sf.written:469566 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!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 14:17:54 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: 73 In article <58fc9ce1$0$1811$e4fe514c@textnews.kpn.nl>, Sjouke Burry wrote: >On 23.04.17 7:05, 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. >>> >>> Ned >> >> >> The speed of light is not about how fast it can type...but how fast it >can move. >> >> >> Once you understand 'thought' as information... then you can measure >how fast thought can move. >> >> >> Let me give you a simple example.. >> >> Your great great grandmother puts her thoughts in a letter and give it >to a letter carrier, the pony express. >> >> A 'letter carrier' is a person who carries a letter containg your >great great grandmother thoughts , jumps on a pony and delivers it. >> >> >> What is the speed of thought? ....today, might be a little faster. >> >> How long did it take 'this thought' to reach You? And add all the >different modes of..transportation. >> >> >> Also add galaxies that are moving faster than the speed of light which >also contain...information. >> >> >> What is The Speed of Thought? >> >> >> 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). That was what I thought when I first saw this Subject line. I actually knew that number at some point, 'cause I asked my boss the scientist and he told me, and I put it into _A Point of Honor,_ at the point where the programmer tells the swordswoman that, as you say, nerve impulses travel more slowly than electrical impulses, so that (contrary to popular belief) she *can't* tell whether she's in a VR on a local machine or a remote one. Thank you for providing the data again, so I didn't have to get the book out and try to find it. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com