Lovelyish

you can count without counting? what did I just read?

@cook0129@xanga - I remember reading during some SAT question that this is why Roman numerals were structured the way they were. That way, people never had to count more than 3 I’s in sets at the same time!

I love lists like this! I never knew these things. Human beings are craaaazy.

Thanks Lovelyish. That was interesting. Good night.

I can tickle myself sometimes, and I’m not schizophrenic. My mother, however, is, so maybe its just because I carry the genes for it.

yaaay science facts for 8th graders (except the “count without counting” one, that’s sapir-whorf stuff covered in introductory linguistics or cognitive science)

So a biologist wants to eliminate free will because there is a biological response before a cognitive response?  Isn’t it possible that we make the decision sub-consciously first?

@cook0129@xanga - After about age seven you don’t “count” groups of four or less. Your brain looks at them and said, “Two.” or whatever the number is and you’re done. Some people can do it with groups of five or less… It’s kind of the difference between learning to read the “door” and actually reading the word “door”. Your brain stops sounding out the individual letters and just visualizes a door upon seeing the word. It’s not reading it, it’s recognizing it.

@SUPletstake___surveys@xanga - Do you have any sort of Autism? Since you’re using a computer I’m going to assume High Functioning or Asperger’s. The two have been linked to the same prenatal genetic mutation and cause similar reaction in neighboring parts of the brain. I have Asperger’s and can tickle most of my body but, like many people with Asperger’s, I have very little body awareness. I’ve scared myself on more than one occasion because I didn’t realize the spatial location of my hand until it was a blur in my peripheral vision. 

I love sea otters. I got to touch a pelt in Alaska, that thing was amazing. 

i found the virus fact to be most interesting.

@samescobar - The roman numeral thing makes a lot of sense.

@SUPletstake___surveys@xanga - Maybe you are and just don’t know it, or are to a very small degree.  I’m the opposite no one has been able to tickle me in over 20 years.

People have been searching for the fountain of youth, and our bodies have been young all along heh.

@xsimplepleasuresx@xanga - lol I don’t think biologists want to eliminate anything. They don’t use the term “free will” (that’s a humanities jargon). These fun trivia  facts based on disputable theories are very watered down (because they’re aimed towards the general audience with little to no science background) and should not be taken seriously. Check out the Canon-Bard theory vs. the James-Lange theory of emotion for an interesting starting point to your question.

i can tickle myself, too ):

Learn something new all the time
Love this.

cool

I liked this!

@SUPletstake___surveys@xanga - I can tickle myself and nobody in my family, including me, has any sort of psychological disorder.

I have been able to tickle myself before 0_o