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> The brain does a lot of its work in parallel What happens to me oftentimes, when not focusing on what I'm typing, is that I misspell words like "theme" as "t
by spurgu 6y ago
> The brain does a lot of its work in parallel
What happens to me oftentimes, when not focusing on what I'm typing, is that I misspell words like "theme" as "team". I think it's because my muscle memory sloppily translates what my brain is hearing since it's not focusing on the context, and those two words sound similar. This is also how "your" sometimes gets mixed with "you're", even though I most definitely know the difference and spot the mistake immediately when proofreading.
- hanche 6y agoSame thing with “its” vs “it's”, I suspect. I got so confused once because of this, I started doubting which was which, so I looked it up. With the result that I now do an involuntary eye roll every time I see the wrong one.