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[Philip J. Robar]

On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:

> Just to go on record: I dismiss the notion that an adult human can't
> trivially memorize a ten character 'random' string as total and absolute
> bull crap.
> 
> If you have trouble memorizing a ten character string you should
> immediately make an appointment with a mental health professional;  soon
> it will be an inability to memorize eight characters, then six
> characters, then you'll get lost finding your way home [which requires
> the equivalent of terabytes of information].

I'm guessing that you've never studied psychology as the level of ignorance of human cognition displayed above is staggering.

Nevertheless, yes, with appropriate effort and technique many can memorize a random string of 10 characters, but I wouldn't characterize the effort as trivial. And 10 characters would be pushing it for much of the population.

Phil


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