• Blaster M@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Isn’t that just a way to average latency to match up with the other limbs? Nerve connections aren’t instantaneous like electrical wires or fiber optics.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      Your larynx isn’t really a limb… But nah, its an evolutionary artefact. In primordial fish it’s a straight line, but then the head moves, a neck forms, etc etc. and the nerve can’t detach and move over, so it gets longer wnd weirder.

    • rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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      18 hours ago

      Brain usually does that kind of sync on its own. Your conscious experience of reality is actually very slightly in the past because of that.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        This is why it’s so jarring when what happens in real life doesn’t line up with the predicted reality your brain expects! I hate that feeling :D