Sunday, July 01, 2007
Here's what you will experience. . . .
There are some things that have such a predictable influence on our thoughts and feelings that they just fascinate me. One of those things is the Monty Hall problem. People who are good at math and probability most always hear the problem, come to an obvious-to-them conclusion, absolutely do not believe the actual solution, argue to the death for their solution, have some epiphany, and then immediately and completely switch to the other side, without the slightest doubt that they may have been right in the first place. Google it (or come to my house and we'll talk about it, if you prefer, I LOVE to do this.)
Today I experienced another one of these things. My mom sent me this video:
Go ahead and watch it now if you want no spoilers, or if you want to see how much of a mind-reader I am without influencing yourself. My only request is just keep on watching, it gets better.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Harder_Better_Faster_Stronger_by_hands
OK, so here is my take on what everyone in the world thinks. (Or at least all the cool people.)
0. Hear the video is cool and fire it up to watch it. Take note of the comments that say it's the neatest thing since sliced bread.
1. Start the video. "Huh," you think, "That's weird."
2. Watch the video for 30 seconds. Think "This is incredibly stupid. I am pretty sure that nothing that could happen will actually turn out to be cool, and worth the annoyance of sitting through the first bit"
3. Watch stupidity even longer. Wonder why anyone on earth would ever suggest this video to you, much less write all those rave comments on the site.
4. Stuff starts happening. It's vaguely interesting, but still. . . WTF?
5. As it goes, it gets more and more interesting. About halfway through grudgingly admit "OK, maybe this is interesting enough to bother with after all. This is kinda cool."
6. And as it goes on even longer. . .you become more and more facinated. It ends. You're thinking "HOLY CRAP, THAT IS COOL!" And then you watch it again. And again and again if you're me.
Soooo enjoy! (Thanks mom!)
Today I experienced another one of these things. My mom sent me this video:
Go ahead and watch it now if you want no spoilers, or if you want to see how much of a mind-reader I am without influencing yourself. My only request is just keep on watching, it gets better.
http://www.b3ta.com/links
OK, so here is my take on what everyone in the world thinks. (Or at least all the cool people.)
0. Hear the video is cool and fire it up to watch it. Take note of the comments that say it's the neatest thing since sliced bread.
1. Start the video. "Huh," you think, "That's weird."
2. Watch the video for 30 seconds. Think "This is incredibly stupid. I am pretty sure that nothing that could happen will actually turn out to be cool, and worth the annoyance of sitting through the first bit"
3. Watch stupidity even longer. Wonder why anyone on earth would ever suggest this video to you, much less write all those rave comments on the site.
4. Stuff starts happening. It's vaguely interesting, but still. . . WTF?
5. As it goes, it gets more and more interesting. About halfway through grudgingly admit "OK, maybe this is interesting enough to bother with after all. This is kinda cool."
6. And as it goes on even longer. . .you become more and more facinated. It ends. You're thinking "HOLY CRAP, THAT IS COOL!" And then you watch it again. And again and again if you're me.
Soooo enjoy! (Thanks mom!)
