ppp
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I'm afraid that is the same thing. You are defining something by an assumption of your conclusion and by negatives.Well I could for the sake of consciousness define the substance by what it does not do, only that the substance is real, and operates unlike anything known of in the material world.
Looks like an average of about 400 milliseconds. Far from instantaneous.Thought to action seems instantaneous for one thing.
Conscious intention and human action: Review of the rise and fall of the readiness potential and Libet’s clock
The brain takes time to process intent and the impulse from then travel time to the appropriate muscles.
IIRC, our thoughts are generated at the chemical level via the change in action potential of sodium and potassium ions across the synaptic gap. Or millions of synaptic gaps. And those chemical interactions are standard interactions. How does something non-material interact with those ions, and what exactly does it change about the physical substrate of the brain?The speed of a nerve impulse varies with the type of nerve impulse the nervous system is sending. Some signals such as those for muscle position, travel at speeds up to 119m/s. Nerve impulses such as pain signals travel slower at 0.61m/s. Touch signals travel at speeds of 76.2m/s.
Out of line? No. You have been nothing but pleasant and interesting.Stop me if I'm out of line here.