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philmo69 t1_j27r64b wrote

Reply to comment by The_Sauce106 in The brain has a frame rate by The_Sauce106

Not entirely sure what you mean by that. Our brains don't work on a scale that runs up against planck length when it comes to forming thoughts. Our minds are a vast network of interconnected neurons and every thought, idea, subconscious stuff, it all happens by passing though multiple parts of this network in whats better described as waves of action that cascade though the brain and end in our perceptions and actions. Every wave branches out so may take a different path than the one before even with the same inputs. So the distance each wave travels is going to be different and they may also travel at different speeds based off conditions. On top of all that we have more then one wave of action traveling though the network of our minds at the same time so we are always in the beginning, middle, and end of processing multiple things at all times at the same time. Of all the metaphors for the mind you could choose frame rate is just doing it injustice.

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philmo69 t1_j27p3es wrote

Reply to comment by The_Sauce106 in The brain has a frame rate by The_Sauce106

Nothing gets processed in that distance though. It would require multiples of the plank length to accomplish any given process in our brain so its not really a valid measurement of our brains processing abilities.

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