Comments on: How my brain works http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/how-my-brain-works/ The personal web presence of David Hosier Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: G2 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/how-my-brain-works/#comment-7562 G2 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:23:11 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/2220/#comment-7562 Taking a more abstract perspective and I can arrive that my memory thought is faster than the speed of light.  I am 39yrs old.  I can recall an image in my minds eye back to when I was 4yrs old.  Thats 35yrs.  Now ask, how many miles (or Kilometers) have a travelled in those 35yrs.  Assume 15 trips by plane at 2000 miles round trip, 13000 miles/yr by car and 4500miles/yr walking for a total distance travelled of approx 47,000miles/yr.  So in 35 yrs thats approx 2,668,775 Km.  How fast are the neurotransmitters?  Round about 30ms for the old guys.  So thats an unbelieveable speed of approx  88,959,166,667 m/sec.  Compare to the speed of light  299,792,458 m/sec.  Speed of thought is nearly 300 times faster than the speed of light........ Taking a more abstract perspective and I can arrive that my memory thought is faster than the speed of light.  I am 39yrs old.  I can recall an image in my minds eye back to when I was 4yrs old.  Thats 35yrs.  Now ask, how many miles (or Kilometers) have a travelled in those 35yrs.  Assume 15 trips by plane at 2000 miles round trip, 13000 miles/yr by car and 4500miles/yr walking for a total distance travelled of approx 47,000miles/yr.  So in 35 yrs thats approx 2,668,775 Km.   How fast are the neurotransmitters?  Round about 30ms for the old guys.  So thats an unbelieveable speed of approx  88,959,166,667 m/sec.  Compare to the speed of light  299,792,458 m/sec.  Speed of thought is nearly 300 times faster than the speed of light........

]]> By: Dave http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/how-my-brain-works/#comment-7470 Dave Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:43:15 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/2220/#comment-7470 For once, <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090906234825AA1SM8l">Yahoo Answers has a good discussion</a>.  Main idea:  The speed of light is much faster than the speed of thought.  Also, <a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/1998/MAY/980525.HTM">Johns Hopkins researchers did a study</a> that showed that it takes a person about 300 milliseconds to understand a pictured object, and if we make the ridiculous assumption that a thought needs to travel from your toes to your head and you're six feet tall, that's 6 ft / 300 ms = 6.1 m/s, which is significantly less than the speed of light (3x10<sup>8</sup> m/s).  For once, Yahoo Answers has a good discussion.  Main idea:  The speed of light is much faster than the speed of thought.  Also, Johns Hopkins researchers did a study that showed that it takes a person about 300 milliseconds to understand a pictured object, and if we make the ridiculous assumption that a thought needs to travel from your toes to your head and you're six feet tall, that's 6 ft / 300 ms = 6.1 m/s, which is significantly less than the speed of light (3x108 m/s). 

]]> By: G2 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/how-my-brain-works/#comment-7467 G2 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:33:23 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/2220/#comment-7467 Interesting. So whats the time from being asked to response?  Assuming its shorter than the span of time outlined covered in the thought process your example brings me to a question I have pondered even attempted to calculate.  What is the speed of thought?  Can thought be an example of travelling faster than the speec of light?  Thinkback to your oldest memory.  In your minds eye its real and you arrived there pretty quickly............  What is the speed of thought? Interesting.
So whats the time from being asked to response?  Assuming its shorter than the span of time outlined covered in the thought process your example brings me to a question I have pondered even attempted to calculate.  What is the speed of thought?  Can thought be an example of travelling faster than the speec of light?  Thinkback to your oldest memory.  In your minds eye its real and you arrived there pretty quickly............  What is the speed of thought?

]]> By: Wendy http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/how-my-brain-works/#comment-7465 Wendy Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:24:19 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2009/09/02/2220/#comment-7465 I'm speechless... Ok, I'm almost speechless... I suppose that's why you take longer than me to answer that question. I usually just factor in the past 5 minutes and answer. In David terms that's half of time plotted on the first graph. I'm speechless...

Ok, I'm almost speechless...
I suppose that's why you take longer than me to answer that question. I usually just factor in the past 5 minutes and answer. In David terms that's half of time plotted on the first graph.

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