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There's some research indicating the opposite, that people intuitively think in logarithms. We perceive sound, light, and possibly even the passage of time loga
by 8192kjshad09- 4y ago
There's some research indicating the opposite, that people intuitively think in logarithms. We perceive sound, light, and possibly even the passage of time logarithmicly[1]
I don't think there has been an explanation proposed for why it's easier to do linear math in our heads, I have to imagine this is just the effect of school.
[1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75191-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75191-6
- anon___ 4y agoEverything you listed, and the linked article is about perception, not thinking. Paradoxically, our thinking is linear, and it seems to be useful to change that: https://hbr.org/2017/05/linear-thinking-in-a-nonlinear-world https://hbr.org/2017/05/linear-thinking-in-a-nonlinear-world.