Sam Iglesias
@sam
I’m curious, for those interested in Neuralink type things: why do people assume that the brain can generate thoughts and intentions faster than speech? Speech: 125-150 WPM Typing: 65-75 WPM Wouldn’t we have evolved some level of parity whereby we more or less think in language at roughly the rate of speech?
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Namekeeper
@namekeeper
Re. evolution: the mind is far far older than language. The limbic system is as old as mammals and it’s where much of what we think originates. I think words as a metric by which to measure thoughts is a false premise. Like projecting a sphere onto a plane… think about emoji for instance (or hieroglyphs).
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Sam Iglesias
@sam
Do you think there’s a distinction between thoughts for planning and ruminating and thoughts that are communicable? I’m kind of asserting that the latter are language bound.
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