3 ms·
I think the key is not looking at how well humans perform, but how badly they make mistakes. For example, over the halloween period we interpret 2 flashing LEDs
by robthebrew 9y ago
I think the key is not looking at how well humans perform, but how badly they make mistakes. For example, over the halloween period we interpret 2 flashing LEDs as scary cat eyes. We might not do the same taken out of the temporal context. How we "fail" is a possible indicator to how we succeed.
- wavefunction 9y agoI'm not sure I follow your example of LEDs as cat eyes and Halloween. Do you mean a Halloween decoration involving LEDs that a human interprets as a representation of cat eyes? That's not really a mistake. Or a human mistaking flashing LEDs as cat eyes? In which case I can't see how the mistake would be limited to the Halloween period.
- robthebrew 9y agoI mean we decide that the LEDs are supposed to be cat's eyes because everyone has halloween decorations up, whereas another time of year, we might conclude (correctly) that they are just flashing LEDs