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Old 18th August 2001 | 10:13
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KIFIS
 
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Post More on the Speed of Thought

Stagger:

As a layman with no scientific background I am having great difficulty in accepting that you say thought travels at only 432km/hour. I keep thinking that perhaps thoughts are only associated with neuronal activity if they ( the thoughts) are called upon to make something happen ie. thought tells brain to move big toe. This sequence perhaps moves along at 432km/hour. But surely it must be a different story if the thought just stays in the brain and only changes itself from one thought to another. It seems to me that this is instantaneous and I would go as far as to suggest that it might even be faster than the speed of light. If so, then it would be the only known occurrence that travels at such a speed ???

KIFIS

P.S. Icarus, what do you think ?
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