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It must have had really, really long nerves. I wonder what the ping time from its brain to its legs was
Since nerves use electrical Signals: not counting the chemical reactions: Speed of light, if i'm not wrong
So practically no lag at all
the propagation velocity of the action potentials in nerves can vary from 100 meters per second (580 miles per hour) to less than a tenth of a meter per second (0.22 miles per hour).
Definitely going to question someone's "propagation velocity of their actions potentials" next time I want to imply they're stupid.
I know you're joking, but it's really a kind of reasonable mistake to think of a nerve as an electrical wire conducting a singnal at ½c. It's wrong, but it's also completely understandable. I wasn't trying to imply they were stupid, I just happened to see this factoid in the last several months, and thought I could correct their innocuous error. ^^;
Not only was I joking, I thought it was impressive you even know what that is because I sure as hell don't, it's great you mentioned it, that's the kind of awesome info I know will keep me coming back here. Cheers.
Dinosaurs casually flexing on all other living beings with their neurons made of fiber optics
A dinosaur with such a long neck might also literally be flexing
Speed of light in cables and fiber optics is about 2/3 the speed of light in vacuum. If it has to jump some electrochemical synapses, it brings it down to much less than that.