Since people are replying about the scrambled-word message.... <rant> I will continue to stress that these "skills", while interesting, are the opposite of impressive. Under virtually any other circumstances, the ability to carefully discriminate things is considered a "higher" ability, a sign of more sophisticated achievement, and, in the extreme, a mysterious and nigh-magical ability to attend details others are not sensitive to. In contrast, in virtually any other circumstances, the inability to distinguish things is considered a sign of "lesser" skill.
For some odd reason though, when people send around these emails, it is asserted that our inability to distinguish a well-written word from a scrambled word demonstrates the magical and mysterious power of the Human Mind. It does not demonstrate mysterious skill, it demonstrates a (perhaps mysterious) lack of skill. The real mystery, if there is one, is why a person so well trained in reading would be fooled by such a simple manipulation. This might well be worth investigating, but for the same reasons that other types of optical illusions are worth investigating. </rant> Eric On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 08:06 PM, Greg Sonnenfeld <gsonn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >The fox who lnoegd for grpaes, bdelohs wtih pian > > >The tpimetng cutelsrs wree too hgih to gian ; > >Gierved in his haret he fcored a clreseas slmie, > >And cierd , They are srahp and hlrday wotrh my wlhie . > > > > > >;-) > > >**************************** >Greg Sonnenfeld > > “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” > > > >>On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Nicholas Thompson <<#>> wrote: > > >>> > > >Why would anybody pass on a hopeless task followed by indecipherable gibberish. List has reached a new low. > > > > > > >N > > > > > > >PS (};-]) > > > > > > >From: <#> [mailto:<#>] On Behalf Of Rich Murray >Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:32 AM >To: kyle paxton; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group; Rich Murray >Subject: [FRIAM] YES >>> > > > > > >> > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >From: kyle paxton <<#>> >Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:56 PM > > >Subject: FW: YES >To: richard t murray <<#>> > >>>> >> > > > > > >Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:16:54 -0800 >From: <#> >Subject: Fw: YES >To: <#>; <#>; <#>; <#>; <#>; <#>; <#> > > > > > >Subject: Fw: YES > > >To: > > >Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 11:13 AM >>>> >> > > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > > >>> >> > > > >To: >Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 10:15 PM >Subject: FW: YES > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> >>> > > >> > > > > > >>> > > >yes, I can -- no problem at all! It is amazing > > >>> > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > > >If you can do this, pass it on to friends with the word YES in the subject, but only if you can read this. > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >A Short Neurological Test > >1- Find the C below.. > > > > >Please do not use any cursor help. > >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > > >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > > >OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO > >2- If you already found the C, now find the 6 below. > >99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 >99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 >99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 > > >69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 >99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 >99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 > >3 - Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult. > > >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM >MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM > >This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far from having a close relationship with Alzheimer. > >Congratulations! > > > > > > >eonvrye that can raed this rsaie your hnad. > > > > >To my 'selected' strange-minded friends: > >If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends and the person that sent it to you with 'yes' in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > >Only great minds can read this > > >This is weird, but interesting! > >If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid too > >Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. > >I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed this forwrad it > >FORWARD ONLY IF YOU CAN READ IT > > > >Forward it & put 'YES' in the Subject Line > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >============================================================ > > > >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at <http://www.friam.org> > > > > > > ============================================================ >FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > Eric Charles Professional Student and Assistant Professor of Psychology Penn State University Altoona, PA 16601
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