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How fast does our minds process information?
Mihai Csikszentmihaii, professor emeritus of psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University-Gradwayt, and the famous engineer and inventor Robert Lackey have independently determined the speed at which the mind processes data: 120 bits per second 👾
To give you an example, we process about sixty bits of information per second when we consciously listen to what our interlocutor is saying. If there are suddenly two interlocutors, we are approaching the limit of our capacity.
If you think about it, it becomes clear why brain scientists suggest that we spend between 95% and 99% of our lives unconscious. This means that 97% of the time you are not conscious of your emotions, your behaviors and decisions - much less the reasons for them!
This should be a frightening and alarming discovery. In the business of turning on our brains and overcoming our instincts, we have gone no further than our primitive ancestors, even though we have the capacities to do so.
Mihai Csikszentmihaii, professor emeritus of psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University-Gradwayt, and the famous engineer and inventor Robert Lackey have independently determined the speed at which the mind processes data: 120 bits per second 👾
To give you an example, we process about sixty bits of information per second when we consciously listen to what our interlocutor is saying. If there are suddenly two interlocutors, we are approaching the limit of our capacity.
If you think about it, it becomes clear why brain scientists suggest that we spend between 95% and 99% of our lives unconscious. This means that 97% of the time you are not conscious of your emotions, your behaviors and decisions - much less the reasons for them!
This should be a frightening and alarming discovery. In the business of turning on our brains and overcoming our instincts, we have gone no further than our primitive ancestors, even though we have the capacities to do so.