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by rbanffy 979 days ago
Imagine a lab-grown vertebral column where nerve signals travel at electric current speeds.
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newZWhoDis 979 days ago
CS:GO and StarCraft would need new leagues
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jmprspret 979 days ago
Don't nerve signals already travel at electric current speeds?
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adrianN 979 days ago
No they are much slower, on the order of a few dozen meters per second.
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codeisawesome 978 days ago
Ah, thanks for clarifying… I assumed nerve signals travel at the speed of light and the person responding to me was being sarcastic!
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