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by 14 803 days ago
It’s all about time. I can consume, enjoy and take in content like this much faster than it is presented. Speeding it up let’s me enjoy more content
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So you don't believe in scientists when they say that the conscious has a low, fairly constant bandwidth? Like what, 50 b/s?
I think it is safe to say we know not all people take in information at the same rate. Also some people process different forms of information at different rates. Some people can read a book and understand it clearly. Others see it once and they learn the skill. So no I do not fully believe what scientist have claimed. That may be an average or the normal but not true in every case. Furthermore how do you actually measure what rate of information that video was presenting information at? It definitely was not at a steady rate as well lots of pauses and dead spots. Speeding the video up removes some of that dead space. Also there is the depth of the information. We are not working out space time curvature equations we are being shown precious stone cutting. If I was trying to learn the skill maybe even normal speed would be too fast and slowing it down or repeating sections may be needed. But as I was just trying to get an idea of the subject a faster speed is fine. I guess what I’m thinking is there are lots of factors to consider.
Sounds like a great reason to watch that 30 b/s video at at least 1.5x speed.