Comment by gizajob

As seen commented in the other thread, I feel like this metric of 10 bits per second for “thinking” could be wildly incorrect. Firstly I can “think” with my imagination – conjure up whole evolving worlds in my minds eye – this would be megabits per second easily if on a display. Secondly, a lot of my “thinking” is done semi-below my conscious radar, in that I set a task, say writing, and my mind chews on it while I do other things – for example if I’m writing an essay or book chapter, I can be mulling it over in the background while cycling or walking and doing other things, and then later sit down and churn it out. I feel like a couple of philosophers need to bang their heads together with the researcher with regards to thinking. It’s way higher than 70 bytes per minute.