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Re: Definition Drift, WAS: Bowditch 1995 Table 18
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 5, 13:00 -0500
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 5, 13:00 -0500
Dunno, Bill, that was a long time ago.Cultural differences aside, the eye/mind is still set up to detect patterns, irregularities, and motion faster than it reads and interprets positions and digits. Supposedly from evolution, i.e. those are ways to detect a predator--or lunch. Figuring out what it is, is only of secondary importance.
