FAWS comments on Mental Crystallography - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Alicorn 27 February 2010 01:04AM

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Comment author: FAWS 27 February 2010 02:17:11AM *  0 points [-]

brain-bits

moving from non-native mode to native mode and back with every bit of data exchanged.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 27 February 2010 02:29:26AM 8 points [-]

I don't parse either of those as computer-related. I use the term "brain-bits" to mean cognitive modules; the 'bits' part is just a more alliterative synonym of 'pieces' or 'sections' in that context. I'm not even sure how to reply to the suggestion that the second example is computer-related; none of the terms in that sentence except 'bit' (which I again parse as 'piece') parse that way to me, outside of the fact that they're sometimes used to describe computers.

Comment author: FAWS 27 February 2010 02:42:45AM *  3 points [-]

Well, I guess it's an example of the sort of effect described in the article then. Some other parts also sounded somewhat computery to me, but that probably just was priming.