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By: Martijn Coppoolse   Homepage   Voorburg, NL  
Date: Jun 30,2014 at 08:34
In Response to: [OT] The human mind (Slobodan Vujnovic)

While I do like these tricks that give us some insight into the way our brain works, I really don't like the way this particular meme is phrased. IF you can read this -- out loud or not -- THEN you have a "strong mind" (whatever that may be).

I also sincerely doubt the so-called 'statistic' at the end "only 55 people out of 100 can"; most people I've shown it to since I first got it in an e-mail forward some 15 years ago, could read it without a hitch. (This is the first time I see the addition OUT LOUD, which doesn't make any difference to me).

Also, there's little basis for the claim that "Alzheimer's is a long long way down the road before it ever gets anywhere near you", since my grandfather could still read (a Dutch version of) this without problem, when he didn't recognize any of his (thirty-odd) grandchildren anymore.

(As an aside: we knew to greet him with "hi grandpa", so he'd know we were one of his grandkids, and according to our apparent age, he'd proceed to ask how things were at school, how our studies were going, or how work was. We didn't mind if he got it wrong; he was just as interested in hearing that we'd finished our studies and that we were now working as he was in everything else -- even if he'd forget most of it within half an hour. One of my uncles who lived a few hours away, took care to visit him *twice* whenever he was in the area, with a few hours in between. Grandpa was thrilled to see him each time. "It's been such a long time since we last met!" he'd exclaim... every single time. :-D).

The example with numbers is at least as old as 13375P34K. :-)

Combining the two (changing the order of the letters, and then shuffling them inside the words) does present a little bit more of a challenge, but the text can still be deciphered; and that as well gets easier with each line. :-)


> I got this today from somebody:
>
>
> Here's a trick of Doctor Dementia to test your skills...
>
> I've seen this with the letters out of order, but this is the first
> time
> I've seen it with numbers. Good example of a Brain Study: If you
> can read this OUT LOUD, you have a strong mind. And better than that:
> Alzheimer's is a long long way down the road before it ever gets
> anywhere
> near you.
>
> 7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 7O PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
> 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!
>
> 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3 Y0UR M1ND 1S
> R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17, B3 PROUD!
> 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15. PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D
> 7H15.
>
> Can you read this? Only 55 people out of 100 can.
>
> I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg.
> The
> phaonmneal pweor of the hmuanmnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
> Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
> it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny
> iproamtnt
> tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae
>
> The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a
> pboerlm.
>
> This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
> but the word as a wlohe.
>
> Azanmig, huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
>


--
Martijn

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