JulianL Wrote: > > ...The human brain is a wonderous thing (yes, even mine on a good > day!) and very subtle cues like the exact colour(s) on the spine > combined with the typeface and whether the writing on the spine takes > up 2 inches or 4 inches. Possibly even more powerful are > "meta-patterns" created by the group of 8 Bowie albums next to each > other that give a hint that the CDs 12 inches below the "David Bowie > block" are Lloyd Cole, or at least an artist beginning with C. Finally > there is also muscle memory in play, e.g. I am currently programmed > that to get to my Iggy Pop albums I need to kneel on the floor to get > to the bottom shelf. It is far easier for the brain to quickly and > unconciously process these sorts of rich visual and physical cues > rather than instantly interpret a fresh jumble of letters on a screen > when you've just scrolled down a listing. > > - Julian
Very nicely put Julian! I too find this to be the case. Sometimes its nice to recognise that all the technology in the world cannot better the old fashioned homo sapien!! Look at it this way - there are many more "processes" being paralleled in the brain than computers can mimick (I'm not talking individual calculations here). But I'm wandering off topic on a busmans holiday!!! Nic -- DrNic _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
