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> You think, then you type. They happen at different times! Really? I can certainly type while thinking cause I did so while writing this very sentence, and I
by lifthrasiir 2y ago
> You think, then you type. They happen at different times!
Really? I can certainly type while thinking cause I did so while writing this very sentence, and I have assumed that they are pipelined and improving one without another is meaningless up to some threshold. I should note that I don't think in English, but I can pull English words incrementally from my mind so I don't think that matters much anyway.
- sam_lowry_ 2y agoPhysical and mental activities compete for resources. In orienteering, people are taught to stop before making important decisions.
- lifthrasiir 2y agoI don't know how much resource is shared for physical and mental activies (my wild guess is "a bit but not much", but I don't have any backing evidence), but I'm sure that important decisions are exceptions rather than norms.
- lolc 2y agoLearning to touch type is all about automating the typing, reducing the cognitive load. The load is reduced to a point where one is thinking ahead a few words and the typing sub-process (as in sub-conscious) works the queue. That queue can be dozens of characters long. But stick one non-touch char in there and the queue blocks until that char is cleared. I've been orienteering and the only time I'd stop is when the terrain didn't allow safely reading the map while in a jog. Or when I encounter an unexpected landmark, indicating I lost my orientation. Otherwise everything is planned while moving towards and scanning for the next waypoint in the queue.
- emtel 2y agoI meant for coding. Typically I have to think for a bit before I decide what code I want to write.