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How fast is Conscious Thought? Some think faster than light.....
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Conscious Thought?
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i guess it depends on the definition of "thought".... inner speech or visual imagery are products of environmental stimuli, which is in a way not conscious thought but just reactionary processes of the physical world. the thought process is never ending and a constant sub conscious process of current situations, brought forth to the conscious level to understand and manuever through specific current influences.....so is there a true conscious thought at all???? or would conscious thought be more of a decision type process of, do this or that?..... whats right or wrong? or other morally themed thought processes........ "i think, therefore i am" is a lot deeper than what is on the surface......lol
At 3 in the morning, my thoughts are usually speeding along at about that pace...lol
We still don't have a handle on what consciousness IS, much less how it works. I think it's the soul hooked into the universal/God mind personally, but that is just my opinion.
We still don't have a handle on what consciousness IS, much less how it works. I think it's the soul hooked into the universal/God mind personally, but that is just my opinion.
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I remember the last time I went to a nightclub about 20 years ago and got thrown down the very steep steps by the bouncers. I remember flying down the stairs head first and thought to grab the middle hand rail, saving me from a broken neck. That was quick thinking but was it conscious? I must add I wasn't in the wrong, on that occasion, lol .
That sounds more like instinct for self preservation! Yikes!
I think Conscious thought is not a time frame but a state of being. When you are awake or conscious you are always in a state of thinking or thought. I don't know that seed is relevant. The speed of the brain being able to react out of necessity or stimulus can be as fast as 50 milli seconds.
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What is the speed of thought?
It may feel like thinking happens instantaneously (for some of us), but there's actually some lag time.
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Muscle memory was important to our training. For instance drawing my handgun and firing 1 accurate shot takes less than 1 second. Now I have to identify the treat draw and fire when a buzzer goes off or target pops up. So your eyes,brain and muscles all have to know what to do. It instant once you train enough.