Apparently we think at about 10 bits per second. It can go up slightly, but that's all still filtering the trillions of external stimuli that are all around us and being perceived by our nervous system. Pretty wild, man
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-quantified-the-speed-of-human-thought-and-its-a-big-surprise
#science #thought #cognition
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