COMPUTER BIG BRAINS BEAT BOFFS

'Tech thinks much faster'

- DAVID O'DORNAN

COMPUTERS really are smarter than us slow-thinking humans.

Eggheads found the human brain processes thoughts at only millionths of the speed at which info is transmitted over the internet.

California Institute of Technology boffs assessed the speed of conscious thought by examining data on human behaviour such as reading, writing and solving Rubik's cubes.