How fast is the speed of thought? - Seena Mathew
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Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. He’s extended your nervous system with one very long neuron to a target about 70 meters away. At some point, he’s going to fire an arrow. If you can then think a thought to the target before the arrow hits it, he’ll let you go. So who wins that race? Seena Mathew examines the speed of thought.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Seena Mathew
- Director Andrew Foerster
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Sound Designer Devin Polaski
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Script Editor Cella Wright
- Fact-Checker Jennifer Nam
