Do we think that the bottleneck bit rate (i.e. our learning speed) has varied with human evolution
It might have:
1. Slowed due to the greater complexity of our simulations as we developed a more sophisticated model of the world, or
2. Speeded up due to our increased processor volume (brain size) + greater facility for multitasking, or
3. Stayed the same because the basic underlying biological mechanism evolved to an optimum early in our evolutionary time scale, and it is still limited by that factor.
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Has the bottleneck speed varied with human evolution
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Re: Has the bottleneck speed varied with human evolution
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Andrew Cook
on Wed 28 Jul 2010 08:45 BST | Permanent Link
Two cases of very rapid information assimilation :
1. historic - the aural tradition, where large tracts of "text" were memorised. I think you'll find that people who are taught to do this from an early age can achieve precise memorisation rates almost as fast as normal speech. 2. Have you seen the speed reading stuff by Richard Scheele? Re: Re: Has the bottleneck speed varied with human evolution
I researched speed reading evidence but found nothing fast (see Wikipedia). I will look at your reference to speed reading by Richard Scheele
" Having just done a speed reading course, I read War and Peace. It's about Russia". Woody Allen Richard Trackbacks
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