Need to find original quote?

Question

I remember hearing a quote, I imagine from around the early 1900's, where somebody stated that humans would not be able to process information if they traveled above a certain velocity. I can't remember any other details, but I am curious if anyone out there knows the actual quote and who said it.

I don't think it is from Poincaré. I was under the impression that the speaker was reffering to speeds around 30mph (not the speed of light).

Answer 1

I cannot find a quote. While I am quite sure the quote would come from Poincaré, I cannot find it. Here is the closest reference I have been able to locate on line, so far:

Special Relativity
Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a great scientist who made a significant contribution to special relativity theory. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy website states that Poincaré: (1) "sketched a preliminary version of the special theory of relativity"; (2) "stated that the velocity of light is a limit velocity" (in his 1904 paper from the Bull. of Sci. Math. 28, Poincaré indicated "a whole new mechanics, where the inertia increasing with the velocity of light would become a limit and not be exceeded"); (3) suggested that "mass depends on speed"; (4) "formulated the principle of relativity, according to which no mechanical or electromagnetic experiment can discriminate between a state of uniform motion and a state of rest"; and (5) "derived the Lorentz transformation".