Re: Lilliputian Posthumians

From: mark@unicorn.com
Date: Fri Oct 23 1998 - 03:31:09 MDT


John Clark [jonkc@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
>Signals in our brain travel at about 100 meter a second, light is
>300,000 times faster, so signals in a super brain 60 miles
>across would take the same time to cross from one end to
>another as those in a human brain. 60 miles is not Jupiter
>size but it's not exactly small either.

Hmm, but how useful is a 60-mile brain which can only think at the same
speed as a human against microscopic posthumans who can think much
faster? Or are we assuming they're running at human speeds too?

    Mark



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