Re: [math-fun] N-athlon proposal and the Rain Man
I have a different take. I think most of us could beat the chimp if we had enough practice. Probably playing the game daily for a month should be more than enough. Oh, yeah, and especially if we got something we really wanted each time we got it right. —Dan Tom Kazes wrote:
Hah, I thought of that exact same clip! That chimp is amazing. Even if the numbers were displayed the entire time, I doubt I could match its speed. I wonder if orangutans and gorillas have the same ability?
Brent Meeker writes:
Or there could be a game that required you to quickly recognize and remember the numbered order of squares on a screen.
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/04/16/302943533/the-ultimate-anim...
Or maybe not.
Brent
On 8/2/2018 7:33 PM, Dan Asimov wrote:
I've been thinking it might be fun to have a computer graphics game that challenges you to guess the number of items on the screen quickly.
With feedback, I wonder how proficient one can become at that. Say they are all just circular dots.
Likewise there could be a program challenging you to guess the ratio of lengths of two curves or areas of two shapes on the screen.
—Dan
Rich Schroeppel wrote: ----- A splatter of even 25 toothpicks is likely to contain ambiguities, where, because of overlaps, the image is insufficient to distinguish each toothpick. -----
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I think you're wrong. So now all we need is a bunch of horny grad students and funding for hookers. Brent On 8/2/2018 9:46 PM, Dan Asimov wrote:
I have a different take. I think most of us could beat the chimp if we had enough practice. Probably playing the game daily for a month should be more than enough. Oh, yeah, and especially if we got something we really wanted each time we got it right.
—Dan
Tom Kazes wrote:
Hah, I thought of that exact same clip! That chimp is amazing. Even if the numbers were displayed the entire time, I doubt I could match its speed. I wonder if orangutans and gorillas have the same ability?
Brent Meeker writes:
Or there could be a game that required you to quickly recognize and remember the numbered order of squares on a screen.
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/04/16/302943533/the-ultimate-anim...
Or maybe not.
Brent
On 8/2/2018 7:33 PM, Dan Asimov wrote:
I've been thinking it might be fun to have a computer graphics game that challenges you to guess the number of items on the screen quickly.
With feedback, I wonder how proficient one can become at that. Say they are all just circular dots.
Likewise there could be a program challenging you to guess the ratio of lengths of two curves or areas of two shapes on the screen.
—Dan
Rich Schroeppel wrote: ----- A splatter of even 25 toothpicks is likely to contain ambiguities, where, because of overlaps, the image is insufficient to distinguish each toothpick. -----
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