User Illusion made the point that your consciousness can only ingest 40 bits/s. So the reason language is "slow" is because there is no reason to deliver inform

User Illusion made the point that your consciousness can only ingest 40 bits/s. So the reason language is "slow" is because there is no reason to deliver information at a higher rate than people can ingest it. https://www.amazon.com/User-Illusion-Cutting-Consciousness-Penguin/dp/0140230122 https://www.amazon.com/User-Illusion-Cutting-Consciousness-P...