The speed limit of human thought is ridiculously low

How fast do humans think? It's slower than you might expect.The peripheral nervous system, the network of nerves that delivers information between the brain and the body, takes in environmental information at over a billion bits per second, a speed comparable to a lightning-fast internet connection.

- SKYLER WARE

But people think and process that information at just ten bits per second. This vast gulf hints at major unexplored questions in neuroscience and human cognition. "That number is ridiculously small compared with any information rate we encounter in daily life," wrote the researchers.

"For example, we get anxious when the speed of the home WiFi network drops below 100 megabits per second because that might compromise our enjoyment of Netflix shows.