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Ideologue

#23235
February 14, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
I'm capable of basic pattern recognition, that means I'm special. :)
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derspiess

#23236
February 14, 2013, 10:47:50 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 14, 2013, 10:41:26 AM
I saw this being passed around on facebook and instead of being shown as a cool look on how the mind works, it is masquerading as a way of telling impressive people from the non-impressive.



Awesome.  I need to forward this around the office, though I think I know what the results will be :mellow:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#23237
February 14, 2013, 10:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on February 14, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
I'm capable of basic pattern recognition, that means I'm special. :)

That's probably the one thing I'm really good at.  I guess it's because I'm lazy and it ultimately requires much less work than things like memorizing. 
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

garbon

#23238
February 14, 2013, 10:56:50 AM
Quote from: derspiess on February 14, 2013, 10:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on February 14, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
I'm capable of basic pattern recognition, that means I'm special. :)

That's probably the one thing I'm really good at.  I guess it's because I'm lazy and it ultimately requires much less work than things like memorizing. 

The one thing you are good at is basic pattern recognition? I guess it would be fair that it doesn't require much work (on your part) for your brain to do something it does all by itself.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#23239
February 14, 2013, 10:57:32 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on February 14, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
I'm capable of basic pattern recognition, that means I'm special. :)

Yeah the facebook post this came from was full of people noting how impressive they were. :D
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

CountDeMoney

#23240
February 14, 2013, 10:59:00 AM
Quote from: derspiess on February 14, 2013, 10:50:34 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on February 14, 2013, 10:45:00 AM
I'm capable of basic pattern recognition, that means I'm special. :)

That's probably the one thing I'm really good at.  I guess it's because I'm lazy and it ultimately requires much less work than things like memorizing.

And a veteran of 25 years of Wheel of Fortune.

Eddie Teach

#23241
February 14, 2013, 11:06:22 AM
Only certain people can read this- ones who know English.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

derspiess

#23242
February 14, 2013, 11:11:14 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 14, 2013, 10:56:50 AM
The one thing you are good at is basic pattern recognition? I guess it would be fair that it doesn't require much work (on your part) for your brain to do something it does all by itself.

I meant pattern recognition in general, you condescending putz.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Syt

#23243
February 14, 2013, 11:15:21 AM
Quote from: garbon on February 14, 2013, 10:41:26 AM
I saw this being passed around on facebook and instead of being shown as a cool look on how the mind works, it is masquerading as a way of telling impressive people from the non-impressive.



Has a typo. "Without" is not two words.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Admiral Yi

#23244
February 14, 2013, 11:16:52 AM
I'm sure more than 74 people can read that. :nerd:

Razgovory

#23245
February 14, 2013, 04:10:30 PM
Why does being able to read script kiddy "l33t sp34k" can make someone special?  I mean special in a positive way at least.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

#23246
February 14, 2013, 04:12:51 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 14, 2013, 04:10:30 PM
Why does being able to read script kiddy "l33t sp34k" can make someone special?  I mean special in a positive way at least.

Well it is really just showing how one's brain can fill in gaps based on what it expects (or has commonly seen) there.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

derspiess

#23247
February 14, 2013, 04:17:49 PM
Didn't bother to check how they measured it.

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

sbr

#23248
February 14, 2013, 07:06:54 PM
A fun little Cities of Europe Geography browser quiz

http://www.geography-map-games.com/geography-games-Cities-of-Europe-_pageid44.html

I didn't break 70,000 until my 3rd try.  :Embarrass:  I blame Paradox for my poor knowledge of European geography.

mongers

#23249
February 14, 2013, 07:08:31 PM
You sure that's for religion as it seems to be showing bigotry instead.   :hmm:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"
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