Comments on: Links for July 26 http://rc3.org/2010/07/26/links-for-july-26/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://rc3.org/2010/07/26/links-for-july-26/comment-page-1/#comment-9266 John Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:07:02 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=11305#comment-9266 <p>The item about how the media works today reminded me of the "Jam Choice Experiment" briefly described here:</p> <p>http://blogs.intel.com/research/2007/10/parallel_programming_environme.php</p> <p>(Original paper is here: http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/whenchoice.html )</p> <p>Simply, providing more options means less choices are actually made.</p> <p>In a similar way, perhaps the media is so successful at completely overwhelming us with information that most people have a difficult time processing more than the most superficial details about a story or event (even if that story or event is blatantly wrong). So it's that singular item that is used when people made a judgement about the story, story or person.</p> The item about how the media works today reminded me of the “Jam Choice Experiment” briefly described here:

http://blogs.intel.com/research/2007/10/parallel_programming_environme.php

(Original paper is here: http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/whenchoice.html )

Simply, providing more options means less choices are actually made.

In a similar way, perhaps the media is so successful at completely overwhelming us with information that most people have a difficult time processing more than the most superficial details about a story or event (even if that story or event is blatantly wrong). So it’s that singular item that is used when people made a judgement about the story, story or person.

]]> By: genehack http://rc3.org/2010/07/26/links-for-july-26/comment-page-1/#comment-9263 genehack Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:32:32 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=11305#comment-9263 <p>Piers Cawley on Perl is well worth reading too: http://www.bofh.org.uk/2010/07/25/a-tale-of-two-languages</p> Piers Cawley on Perl is well worth reading too: http://www.bofh.org.uk/2010/07/25/a-tale-of-two-languages

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