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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
Older than iceman and only slightly funnier
runre runre runre runre
Ok so what? I got it in an email forward from my mom.
oooo. i think i have seen that thing 10000000 plus times. however in my slightly intoxitcated midnframe, it was kinda fun
I thought I'd stumbled onto the george lucas star wars forums and it read "you can read sith". turns out I can't.
...and because humans have an innate syntax biologically imprinted into them before birth that aids in the decoding process.
See now try reading it. Same words but ungrammatically formed (aka ill-formed).
I taht I blveiee cluod aulaclty coludnt waht I rdanieg was. The uesdnatnrd mnid phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan. rscheearch to Cmabrigde at Uinervtisy, it deosn't Aoccdrnig mttaer in oredr waht mttaer the in a wrod ltteers are, tnihg the olny iprmoatnt taht the is frist and ltteer lsat be in the rghit.
we don't just read the whole word, we expect and predict the next word because our minds have a universal grammar which knows what's going to be next.
^^^^^^
buzzkill
no, atcaully a vrey wlel edcudatde respnose
I cdnuolt blveiee taht yuo cluod aulaclty psot tihs. My mohter snet me tihs bfeore yuo did adn she is sxity n nu to thee inetrent.