What have YOU done Blindfolded?

[Mike Hughey]

2x2 & 3x3

Noob!

Don't be rude to a noob!
By the way, what's the best memory method? ^^

Ben Pridmore's.

Or maybe yours.

 

[KJiptner]

In chronological order:
Darth Maul , 2x2, 3x3, Magic, Snake, Master Magic, Pyraminx, 3x3x2, 4x4, 5x5, 2x2x1, 3x3x1

yes, most of them are pretty pointless
I might add that I did 10 cubes multi BLD (a full success only once ).

 

[F.P.]

2x2 & 3x3

Noob!

Don't be rude to a noob!
By the way, what's the best memory method? ^^

Ben Pridmore's.

Or maybe yours.

I thinking we are using the same method for some stuff....Ben is just, well...in another league.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nces-best-human-world-memory-competition.html

 

[cmhardw]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nces-best-human-world-memory-competition.html

I wonder if they accounted for the possibility that the after image from the retina for the chimpanzee lasts longer than that for the human, allowing it essentially more time to memorize the layout. I don't imagine that the chimpanzee eye is much different from the human eye, but maybe the way the brain perceives the light is possibly different? Or maybe chimps just kick human a** at memory

;-)

Chris

 

[Kian]

2x2 & 3x3

Noob!

Don't be rude to a noob!
By the way, what's the best memory method? ^^

Ben Pridmore's.

Or maybe yours.

I think the best memory method is BEING Ben Pridmore.

 

[Stefan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nces-best-human-world-memory-competition.html

Very interesting. I do believe the story, but I'd like to know Ben's thoughts about it, too. For example how much practice he had with this. It's not the kind of memory feat he usually does, and the chimpanzee probably practiced it quite a bit just to learn what to do, because he probably can't be just told what the task is. So I'd like to read Ben's own account and thoughts, but can't find any. Has he posted one somewhere?

And they ought to teach a chimpanzee speedcubing or even blindcubing.

 

[d4m4s74]

magic, 2x2x2 intuitive (as in no special BLD method) and 3x3x3 corners only
working on full 3x3x3

 

[Pitzu]

Nah, István certainly has a much more impressive list.

István's list :
2x2; 3x3; 4x4; 5x5; 7x7; 6x6; Skewb; Pyraminx; Sam Lloyd's sliding puzzle; Megaminx; Pyraminx Crystal
11 puzzles. I won't continue it until November.

 

[Pitzu]

I might add that I did 10 cubes multi BLD (a full success only once ).

Yes, but your full success was on a competition. My only one full success was at home.

 

[Olivér Perge]

Yes, but your full success was on a competition. My only one full success was at home.

Well, thats true, but your list and your accuracy is still amazing! And as i told you i still believe you can do 10 cubes in an hour!

 

[cookingfat]

So far, I have done these (in order) >

3x3x3, Snake, Mirror Blocks (no memo), 2x2x2

 

[F.P.]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nces-best-human-world-memory-competition.html

Very interesting. I do believe the story, but I'd like to know Ben's thoughts about it, too. For example how much practice he had with this. It's not the kind of memory feat he usually does, and the chimpanzee probably practiced it quite a bit just to learn what to do, because he probably can't be just told what the task is. So I'd like to read Ben's own account and thoughts, but can't find any. Has he posted one somewhere?

And they ought to teach a chimpanzee speedcubing or even blindcubing.

I have to search some message boards, maybe I will find something.

The thing is that the test they did wasn't what Ben usually practices...it was about short-term-memory.
He is used certain things as fast as possible and he can practice them because the memory-events are limited to a few categories.

Someone being good at memory-sports stuff doesn't necessarily have a good short-term-memory. I mean, actually it's completely different to what Ben is usually doing/practicing.

There are some non-human animals who seem to have a very good (in this case even better) natural memory than the average human.
Dogs have a very good memory too; I have seen a documentation in which seals beat 6-8 year old children in memory and logic tests.
Studies have also shown that pigs are way more intelligent than the average 3 year old human.

 

[rahulkadukar]

1x1x1
2x2x2
3x3x3
4x4x4
5x5x5 in 2 Looks cannot remember the middle and corner centers at the same time

I once did a 6 2x2x2 Multi BLD and it was Sub 10

 

[blah]

Studies have also shown that pigs are way more intelligent than the average 3 year old human.

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

 

[Neroflux]

Studies have also shown that pigs are way more intelligent than the average 3 year old human.

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

Are you hinting something, you buttguy?

 

[F.P.]

Studies have also shown that pigs are way more intelligent than the average 3 year old human.

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

I guess because people like to believe that they are worth more than non-human animals.

 

[DavidWoner]

Studies have also shown that pigs are way more intelligent than the average 3 year old human.

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

Because pigs roll around in their own feces people just assumed they were stupid.

 

[F.P.]

The wallowing in the dirt is a cleaning procedure and it also helps the regulation of their body temperature (they can't sweat) and it helps them to get rid of insects and parasites.
Pigs have a strong aversion to their own feces; they even have a certain place to defecate and urinate (which we would call the toilette).

But with the way pigs are jailed nowadays they have no other place to go and mostly can't move at all; a pig lying in it's own feces just feels the same way you would feel.

The pigs certainly aren't the stupid ones...

 

[cmhardw]

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

Trichinosis?

Chris

 

[blah]

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

I guess because people like to believe that they are worth more than non-human animals.

Actually, my question was more about why people like to believe other non-human animals are worth more than pigs. You know, like, if you're in kindergarten and there's a stage play on Old MacDonald Had a Farm, no kid would want to be the pig. Okay, weird example, but I think you get the point.

Actually, does anyone know how the negative stereotype associated with pigs came about?

Trichinosis?

Chris

Interesting read on wiki

But yeah, like I said, what I meant by stereotype was something like, why would you call someone a "chauvinist pig" instead of a "chauvinist baboon" or a "chauvinist zebra"?