Speed of Thought

[Jugglering]

I was reading a Q or two in the Science & Motoring Departments here, when I thought to myself, I wonder how fast we think ? So, all you clever Einsteins..... what is the speed of thought ?

[Richard1966]

Your actually asking what is the speed of the nerve impulses within the brain.

From memory (ha ha) its about 230 mph

[Jugglering]

Thanks Richard... I guess I was asking about the speed of nerve impulses... wow.. 230 mph.. slightly faster than a peregrine falcon in stoop... and similar to a F1 car on the straight (depending on the circuit) and one heck of a lot faster (and better possibly ??) than a lot of users over on CB... oh.. ok, maybe not... depends on the user .

Thanks again !

[ChuckFickens]

whats the Speed of Thought

Let me think about that... I'll get back to you

[Jugglering]

Thank you sweetie !

[Octavius]

Thought involves a cloudy rush of neurological activity. For a start, determining where it starts and finishes poses its own problem.

It is not as easy to measure since it doesn't really present itself in a 'physical measurable state' like sound, light etc. Maybe one day, but if you imagine trying to define 'thought' by the time you have thought about the word 'thought' the time/thought measure would have started and ended, over a million times with thinking of the word 'thought' just being one tiny part of the thought process.

[Jugglering]

LOL Octavious... this is as bad as the situation where the testing actually destroys the examination .... looking at something affects how it behaves ... if you didn't look at it, it would behave in a different manner.... doh... what is that called again ? I am more used to testing concrete cubes, trouble is - by the time I've worked out how strong they are, it's too late, the stuff has been put in.

PS thank you for your input - you are one clever fella !

[ChuckFickens]

OK thought about it...

It's not very fast right here at the moment

[Octavius]

Jugglering, maybe you could read up on 'mentalese' and if you find what it is all about, let us know!

[wildwood]

I am not sure how fast thought travels but if this has anything to do with it.... apparently when we dream about something that takes say minutes, in real time we can dream that in seconds. If you know what I mean. I know I do.