"And yet, compared to the human mind, even Jane’s lowest level of attention was exceptionally alert. Because ansible communication was instantaneous, her mental activities happened far faster than the speed of light. Events that she virtually ignored were monitored several times a second; she could notice ten million events in a second and still have nine-tenths of that second left to think about and do things that mattered to her. Compared to the speed at which the human brain was able to experience life, Jane had lived half a trillion human lifeyears since she came to be." (Pg. 174; Ch. 11)
Jane's a computer... if you didn't catch that...anywho the reason this quote is significant is because later it explains that those 9/10ths of a second left she spends observing Andrew wiggins through the crystal in his ear, and just before this, he had turned it off. later when he turns it back on, she ignores him... and i think i would too if i had to wait 50 thousand years to to be able to use 9/10ths of my brain again... (only a couple of hours in real-time)
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