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    Default Visual Mis-Perceptions (As suggested by Xeno)

    Aoccdrnig to a reschearer at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
    waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are; the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
    frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
    and you can sitll raed it wouthit too mcuh porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do
    not raed ervey lteter by itslef but, rahter, the wrod as a wlohe.

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    LoL, that's impressive CK. Read the post will ease. That's pretty cool.

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    It's the same concept in psychology where in the following sentence:

    The reason the chicken crossed the
    the road was to get to the other side.


    most people will not have realised that there are two thes in the sentence. The brain automatically eliminates punctuation or grammatical errors during the reading process. That's why word processors and e-mail clients ship with grammar and spell checkers.

    Perception is quite a fascinating thing.

    Ask someone to pronounce, mac and then subsequently, hine. Then ask them to join the two words together and pronounce it. Most people will pronounce it:

    mac-hayn

    and not

    masheen

    Try the same thing with He and ad. Most people will pronounce it:

    Hee-ad

    and not

    Hed

    Again, the brain truncates the pronounciation of the word by trimming the expandable features of vowels.

    Fascinating trick.

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    Eleventeen

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    Default Re:Idle post - I'll delete it myself later

    STOP THE INSANITY ??? My poor brain can't take the strain no more ... ;D ;D

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    Default Re:Visual Mis-Perceptions (As suggested by Xeno)

    I saw most of these a while back....
    My head hurts..... :-\

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    Xeno.. you brought me way back to first year psych there ... and funnily enough it becomes easier to understand why teachers put such an emphasis on critical thinking ... the only one o those that got me going for more than a half-a-second was the green shade .. (TUFF!!!) .. but I think with practice these innate weakness in the way humans perceive (which many think is due mostly to experientialk learning and thus can be retaught or even unlearned) can be overcome ...

    an example: with the squares... backstepping my thought process reads a little like this .. i first saw 9 sets squares... then the purple lines.. then figured if the purple lines actually follow the squares then they can't actually be lean... the image then shifted... however was blown out of the water by my turning my head... forcing me to re-teach the brain.


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    goo goo gaa gaa

    Advisory: don't read these posts after a looong day at work ;D

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    8) "There is no spoon" 8)

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    Default Re:Visual Mis-Perceptions (As suggested by Xeno)

    We can begin to see why Xeno's Personality is the way it is.

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