Funny how the mind works...

[WildcatDan]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd

waht I was rdgnieg. 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?

[VirginiaBlue]

Amazing that one can read this almost without pause. BTW, "rscheearch" doesn't unscramble to "research".

[sardiscat]

This is the principle behind the speed reading courses being taught, where all you do is skim the words but you actually retain as much understanding of what you have read as if you read every word.

The human mind also instantaneously figures out what somebody is actually trying to say even if they totally mangle their wording.You see it all the time on news shows where somebody bungles a choice of words and says the exact opposite of what they really mean, but everybody listening understandswhat they were actually trying to say and the conversation goes right on without pausing a beat.