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One thing a lot of these supposedly grounded in congnitive science ignore is that the human brain is crazily adaptable. For example, just look at reading. Who w

One thing a lot of these supposedly grounded in congnitive science ignore is that the human brain is crazily adaptable. For example, just look at reading. Who would have thought that the human brain can process “fruit” about as quickly as seeing an image of a fruit, even though the glyphs of “fruit” are nothing like a real fruit. In the same way, I believe consistency is probably a more important thing than actual indentation and spacing. If it sees it often enough, the brain can pretty quickly adapt to about anything.

qayxc 6y ago
> In the same way, I believe consistency is probably a more important thing than actual indentation and spacing. If it sees it often enough, the brain can pretty quickly adapt to about anything. Sure thing. The author just argues that we can help the average brain doing it quicker by adhering to some simple rules. But yeah, consistency is the main factor - takes off a whole bunch of cognitive load.