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Aside: Is English this person's native language? "I showed to him how to tap with the warmth of your finger" is a very interesting turn of phrase and I'm curio

• Animats 10y ago
  Maybe she thinks touch screens are heat-sensitive.
  • VLM 10y ago
    Some google shows its a rare belief but there are people out there who've convinced themselves its true and like to talk about it. I think its brilliant for teaching. I suspect opinions about it will be similar to attitudes toward anthropomorphizing, does the value of the noble lie outweigh the ethical concerns of knowingly lying? A teacher could work around the ethical issue by babbling onward with a correction to make the teacher feel better at the cost of confusing the student "Yeah press and hold like it as to sense the warmth of your finger, it doesn't really work that way, but the point is you need to hold still for a second or two" She could have made an interesting non-college admissions essay on that sub topic.
• Kluny 10y ago
  Though not exactly accurate, it's a good way to make the point that touch screens don't respond to force (some mac products aside). My mom usually bangs harder on the screen when it's unresponsive. That doesn't help. If you think of the screen as responding to body heat, that could teach the right gesture.