-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting Phenomenom

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From: "David Weaver" <djweaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Interesting Phenomenom


> Geekette,
>
> But what did the research prove?  This is the same type of research that
> proved that people can recognize word spellings with certain letters
> withheld.  The basis of that research led to a fad in the 60s called
> "speed writing".  It proved only what has been known all along.  I'm not
> saying that there isn't any good of the major part of the research, but
> this subset proves what many humans know all along.  That once a word is
> learned, people can recognize it with misspellings and even incorrect
> letter order.  Too often this tangent research goes down a road that
> common sense already has the answer too, which actually hurts genuine
> research.
>
> I have nothing against research that truly helps such things as
> dyslexia.  I have numerous family members that have it. I've seen my
> cousins struggling like h*ll with it.  They failed grade after grade
> until some teacher correctly diagnosed the disorder, and they got help.
> They weren't stupid, all went on to college and maintained a 3.0 or
> better while working full-time.

You know, I've seen this posted to at least a dozen Yahoo groups
already...why am I not surprised it's a PC group that has no just had a damn
good laugh at it!

Andy

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