Okay, my science geek side is showing a little in these last couple of posts. Â I have a bachelor’s in Biology. It’s part of what makes me a kick-ass researcher.
I found the following posted on the Facebook Wall of sister romance author Liz Fielding. Â It’s an interesting test of how your mind works. Â If you can read it, you’ll understand the test. Â If you can’t, never fear — I’ve translated it after the jump. Â And if you’re a writer, well, don’t send in a manuscript written on this principle unless you just adore rejection letters.
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.Â
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! aoccdrnig to a rscheerarch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod aepapr; the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!Â
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Can you read this? Â Only 55 people out of 100 can.
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I couldn’t believe that I could actually understand what I was reading. Â The phenomenal power of the human mind! According to a researcher at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order the letter in a word appear; the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. Â The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. Â This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole. Â Amazing, huh? Â Yeah and I always thought spelling was important!
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