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PostPosted: 06-Apr-2003 08:57    Post subject: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=2652

Don't ask, just read.

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PostPosted: 06-Apr-2003 12:22    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

I have to admit the author is right, having verified it experimentally.

I follow about a dozen news sites to keep track of the war, and I have noticed I fail to understand what I'm reading, I just browse, but I don't process the info I read
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PostPosted: 06-Apr-2003 12:36    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Reading that I'm surprised to see that our attention is even 9 seconds...I though it was already much less than that...

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PostPosted: 06-Apr-2003 12:49    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Add to that another thing scientists have come up with, namely the number of different ideas you're capable of juggling at the same time. Usually no more than five or six, IIRC. If the article deals with too many subjects you might forget some before getting to the end.

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PostPosted: 06-Apr-2003 13:34    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

LOL.

That was very interesting, especially the part about the attention span . . . having something to do with a fish . . . and chips? . . . hey, theres lightning on the discovery channel.

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PostPosted: 07-Apr-2003 08:09    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

When reading it, it felt like I was reading the same thing twice.....



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PostPosted: 07-Apr-2003 20:26    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

That's probably becuase they entered the same article twice on the same page. Most likely, it was either an error or someone's attempt to hammer the point home.

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PostPosted: 08-Apr-2003 11:06    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

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On 2003-04-07 20:26, Kraken wrote:
That's probably becuase they entered the same article twice on the same page. Most likely, it was either an error or someone's attempt to hammer the point home.



The latter. In theory, the average human can read that article in just under nine seconds.

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PostPosted: 08-Apr-2003 18:03    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

It wasn't only twice. The article was repeated quite a few times (at least 4) and at the bottom it said

RELATED STORY: Web Browsing Turns People into Goldfish

So It just kept going... and going... and going....

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PostPosted: 08-Apr-2003 18:21    Post subject: RE: And the fish have it.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

It was humor, guys. If you have a really short attention span, you probably would not have noticed. Get it?

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