Photons of light are continuously hitting the retina which stimmulates electrical impulses to pass to numerous parts of the brain, undergo numerous process of decoding the impulses, putting definition and meaning to each experience, edits irrelivant information and co-ordinates all this information to synchronize with other sensory information. To have a seamless vision with no gaps this process must surley occur faster than the speed of light otherwise there would be a gap in vision between one lot of photons hitting the retina and the next photon hitting the retina that can be processed by the brain. When things travell at the speed of light doesn't something happed to time?? Could this be a reason for premonitions occuring??
2007-04-06 13:00:16 · 9 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Wow, either I've had to many glasses of wine or you really hit a golden nail. Interesting question. Sorry. There's no answer to this question. The human body is a unique thing. There's more to us than two legs carrying around other stuff.
If black holes do exist, and technically, you described just that inside all of us, is that the mystery to our souls?
I love philosophy.
2007-04-06 13:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by no name brand canned beans 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your brain doesn't work EVEN CLOSE to the speed of light.
As far as seeing things are concerned, it's been demonstrated that most people can't tell the difference between seeing around sixty pictures per second and a continuous picture. That's how movies work, after all. This suggests that no matter HOW much light gets into your eyes, you don't process any pacticular image much faster than at that rate.
Likewise, a very close analysis of how, exactly, the cells in your eyes detect light shows that they are not unlimited in their ability to detect light either. Your vision receptor cells are filled with special proteins that react to light by breaking apart. If enough of those proteins do this at once, a signal is sent along to the rest of your brain. Obviously, your cells can't hold an infinite amount of this protein, and they can only replace the used up proteins so fast. This means it is possible to 'use up' all of your ability to see something... if only for a second or two.
This is how certain optical illusions work. If you stare unblinkingly at a coloured object for a minute or so, then quickly look at a white sheet, you'll probably see a colour-inverse image of what you were staring at for a few seconds. This is because, having used up some of your colour-recieving proteins, you are slightly less sensitive to those colours and white looks coloured.
Bottom line: you can neither recieve images at the speed of light, nor can you process them at the speed of light. Fortunately, since so few things move anywhere near the speed of light, you don't need to!
2007-04-06 20:19:37 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
just because something begins moving faster it doesnt mean that everything else is moving slower.......so the speed of light could be twice as fast but it wouldnt affect the way time moved because the speed of light is fast but it doesnt make time move slower. especially because it is different units. speed is measured by the amount of distance traveled. time has nothing to do with distance but just time. lol. so if u drive 65 miles an hour for an hour or 1000000000 miles an hour for an hour youre still only drivin for an hour. youve just traveled further
2007-04-06 20:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IIRC, nerve transmission goes at 220 MPH, which isn't anywhere close. The fastest reaction in the brain takes about 1/100 second.
Anyway, your brain speed isn't as important in "premonition" as whatever incoming data is involved in your vision, and where does it come from.
And seamless perception of discrete images kicks in at 24 images per second.
2007-04-06 21:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by mcd 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The speed of thought is estimated at around 800 km/h, muuuch less than light gear. Your reasoning is pure sophism. But your question is cool.
2007-04-06 20:20:30 · answer #5 · answered by Goldmund 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OOOOh yeah. Every five seconds your brain MUST AND HAS TO think of something. SO it's impossible to cxlear your mind unless your pro. But even pros can only clear for twenty seconds. And I don't want to read your question too scientific.
2007-04-06 21:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know about yours but some I work with work at the speed of a sloth
2007-04-06 20:14:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe yours doesn't but mine certainly does. haha just kidding.
Sorry I can't contribute a real answer, but I am definitely going to watch for one as you do raise a good point. Good luck.
2007-04-06 20:06:24 · answer #8 · answered by best32glove 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't. There have been several different speeds determined but all of them have been signicantly lower than the speed of light.
2007-04-06 20:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋