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Speech-to-meaning conversion is astonishing and fast
The brain converts a one-dimensional eardrum vibration into abstract ideas, words, and meaning, and does so at remarkable speed, extracting complicated information in segments of tens of milliseconds even in noisy environments.
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David PoeppelEvidence Quote
“the only signal you're actually getting is your eardrum vibrating because I'm sending sound your way. And amazingly, that turns into abstract ideas, words, ideas in your head.”
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 12:19:52 AM
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