looking to break my silence in this place, I found a picture of my old job.
At the time of the photo, we were in the midst of a control operation. The tower you see on the right side measures about 4 meters (for reference).
Humans come equipped with a sack of sensors that provide tremendous amounts of information in one place: the brain. This, my second favorite organ, interprets information, dismisses what he considers unnecessary and presented to our "mind's eye" a series of images that we went through an additional classification, until we decide that something is what we are seeing. We were wrong quite often.
Finding patterns in our environment was a successful biological adaptation for our ancestors. This, to my surprise, is a very specific function within the conglomerate that is the brain. And it can not function properly. That is, there are neurological disorders that prevent a patient to recognize objects, people or parts of the same body. Another example of the complexity of the brain and the type of problems that can affect: Agnosia.
Returning to the information coming to the brain. Some people are not wired according to the factory manual and can not filter information, see everything. Remember the movie Rainman? Dustin Hoffman was one of these neurological disorders.
This process of collecting data, interpret and conclude, occurs in different ways in each person and, importantly, not all stages are aware. That is, a brain healthy human makes much of the work without our "mind's eye" knowing. Sometimes (more than you should) find patterns where none exist. These readings are incorrect or false positives can lead us to interesting conclusions depending on the scenario.
Michael Shermer A scenario that often quoted (do not know if it's your responsibility): "A hunter is on the savannah at night. Audible noise in the grass. If you conclude that it is a dangerous predator and flee probably live another day. Otherwise, you might conclude that it was the wind and end up dead by the bite of a lion. "Real life is not 1:1 as in this example, however, is an interesting example the role it plays in our survival, our ability to recognize patterns and make executive decisions.
Another scenario. Who among our ancestors may have noticed, for the first time that certain animals go through the same places after a certain number of full moons? Would you be guaranteed more neighbors hedonistic food?
One more. Our definition of time is based on measurement of a repetitive pattern. Examples: the solar year, lunar month, atomic clocks, this habit of sleeping when we have our share of rock are hidden from the sun and many, many more.
This recognition system is a wonderful addition to our kit of tools and biological sensors. We take it for granted, but is an extremely complicated process. In fact, it is an active field of research in artificial intelligence development and a core subject in these academic circles.
must not always believe him. Have you never seen figures on nubreed? Not all patterns and our conclusions are correct.
What do you see?
At the time of the photo, we were in the midst of a control operation. The tower you see on the right side measures about 4 meters (for reference).
Humans come equipped with a sack of sensors that provide tremendous amounts of information in one place: the brain. This, my second favorite organ, interprets information, dismisses what he considers unnecessary and presented to our "mind's eye" a series of images that we went through an additional classification, until we decide that something is what we are seeing. We were wrong quite often.
Finding patterns in our environment was a successful biological adaptation for our ancestors. This, to my surprise, is a very specific function within the conglomerate that is the brain. And it can not function properly. That is, there are neurological disorders that prevent a patient to recognize objects, people or parts of the same body. Another example of the complexity of the brain and the type of problems that can affect: Agnosia.
Returning to the information coming to the brain. Some people are not wired according to the factory manual and can not filter information, see everything. Remember the movie Rainman? Dustin Hoffman was one of these neurological disorders.
This process of collecting data, interpret and conclude, occurs in different ways in each person and, importantly, not all stages are aware. That is, a brain healthy human makes much of the work without our "mind's eye" knowing. Sometimes (more than you should) find patterns where none exist. These readings are incorrect or false positives can lead us to interesting conclusions depending on the scenario.
Michael Shermer A scenario that often quoted (do not know if it's your responsibility): "A hunter is on the savannah at night. Audible noise in the grass. If you conclude that it is a dangerous predator and flee probably live another day. Otherwise, you might conclude that it was the wind and end up dead by the bite of a lion. "Real life is not 1:1 as in this example, however, is an interesting example the role it plays in our survival, our ability to recognize patterns and make executive decisions.
Another scenario. Who among our ancestors may have noticed, for the first time that certain animals go through the same places after a certain number of full moons? Would you be guaranteed more neighbors hedonistic food?
One more. Our definition of time is based on measurement of a repetitive pattern. Examples: the solar year, lunar month, atomic clocks, this habit of sleeping when we have our share of rock are hidden from the sun and many, many more.
This recognition system is a wonderful addition to our kit of tools and biological sensors. We take it for granted, but is an extremely complicated process. In fact, it is an active field of research in artificial intelligence development and a core subject in these academic circles.
must not always believe him. Have you never seen figures on nubreed? Not all patterns and our conclusions are correct.
What do you see?
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