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I have come to the determination that people are really good at understand, learn and explain two dimensional concepts and most people are good at understanding
by wtvanhest 7y ago
I have come to the determination that people are really good at understand, learn and explain two dimensional concepts and most people are good at understanding/learning/explaining 3 dimensional problems.
After 3 dimensions it gets extremely hard and people quickly move to heuristics and short-cuts because most people (i.e. the vast majority including myself) can really only comprehend 3 dimensions of information.
What happens when a human hand grabs and moves an object? At least 5 dimensions that I can think of:
1. x axis
2. y axis
3. z axis (i.e. 3 axis's just to get to the object)
4. grip strength
5. rotation
Those 5 are the absolutely basic, and there are many others, speed, grip texture etc.
I know engineers have programmed robotic hands to grab stuff, but I cannot imagine how many dimensions there are in unstructured problems. That requires engineers to think through so many dimensions, which seems impossible to me.
- tabtab 7y agoWe probably use habitual trial and error to train our biological neural net to perform our arm and hand movements rather than mathematical formulas. You can watch a baby experiment trying to grab and move items for hours a day. (Poor cat.)