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From: rscanlon@pica.army.mil (Raymond D. Scanlon (CCB))
Subject: Is common sense explicit or implicit?
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Since it takes a finite time for one neuron to affect another,
possibly we could distinguish between explicit knowledge and
implicit knowledge by an arbitrary number of synaptic actions. This
could be expressed by a time period. Say, less than one-third
second is explicit; more than one-third second is implicit.

Since common sense is characterized by minimal time, we can then
say that common sense is explicit.

This makes as much sense as any other wordplay.

Ray


"What is thought except a movement that is not connected to a motor
neuron."
          Attributed to Walle Nauta


