{"id":134668,"date":"2020-11-23T18:57:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=134668"},"modified":"2020-11-23T18:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:57:35","slug":"seena-mathew-how-fast-is-the-speed-of-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=134668","title":{"rendered":"Seena Mathew: How fast is the speed of thought?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seena Mathew: How fast is the speed of thought?\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/seena_mathew_how_fast_is_the_speed_of_thought\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. He&#8217;s extended your nervous system with one very long neuron to a target about 70 meters away. At some point, he&#8217;s going to fire an arrow. If you can then think a thought to the target before the arrow hits it, he&#8217;ll let you go. So who wins that race? Seena Mathew examines the speed of thought. [<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. He&#8217;s extended your nervous system with one very long neuron to a target about 70 meters away. At some point, he&#8217;s going to fire an arrow. 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