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1. sdento+(OP)
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2022-05-24 03:27:14
For comparison, most humans can't draw a bicycle:
https://www.wired.com/2016/04/can-draw-bikes-memory-definite...
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2. dclowd+If
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2022-05-24 06:21:02
>>sdento+(OP)
I blame it on the surprisingly structural cleverness of a bicycle. Opposing triangles probably isn’t the first thing most people think of when they think of a bicycle (vs two wheels and some handlebars)
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2022-05-24 22:41:58
>>dclowd+If
They also can't draw pennies, the letter 'g' with the loop, and so on (
https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/illusion-of-depth/inde...
). Bicycles may be clever, but the shallowness of mental representation is real.
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