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**hoconnor6605** · 05-12-2011, 07:05 AM

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... However, when you watch a movie, you see a person, and hear them talk at the same time. Is this because the moments of consciousess arise and pass away so fast that they blend together?

At a speed of 24 frames per second (the speed required for talking movies) it takes 4 frames to register consciously. If anything is projected for less than 4 frames, you probably won't 'know' that you saw it.

The frames in a movie projector (and moving film camera) actually stop, for 1 / 24th of a second each. The reason why a series of still images shown is such rapid succession gives the illusion of movement is due to something called 'persistence of vision' (a term coined by Roget, the one who wrote the thesaurus) meaning that we still remember, subconsciously, the previous frame.

I would imagine that subconscious brain activity contributes to intentional actions. Perhaps some of the more learned Pali scholars in this group might share with uS EXamples where the Buddha could be referring to what we call subconscious activity.

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hoconnor6605 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	(portions removed ) ... However, when you watch a movie, you see a person, and hear them talk at the same time. Is this because the moments of consciousess arise and pass away so fast that they blend together? At a speed of 24 frames per second (the speed required for talking movies) it takes 4 frames to register consciously. If anything is projected for less than 4 frames, you probably won't 'know' that you saw it. The frames in a movie projector (and moving film camera) actually stop, for 1 / 24th of a second each. The reason why a series of still images shown is such rapid succession gives the illusion of movement is due to something called 'persistence of vision' (a term coined by Roget, the one who wrote the thesaurus) meaning that we still remember, subconsciously, the previous frame. I would imagine that subconscious brain activity contributes to intentional actions. Perhaps some of the more learned Pali scholars in this group might share with uS EXamples where the Buddha could be referring to what we call subconscious activity.
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