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?

Design and software at Apple. Also into AI, philosophy of mind, ethics.

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).

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.

I’m not sure which is the chicken and which is the egg here…