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0 pointssdenton43y ago0 comments

For comparison, most humans can't draw a bicycle:

https://www.wired.com/2016/04/can-draw-bikes-memory-definite...

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I blame it on the surprisingly structural cleverness of a bicycle. Opposing triangles probably isn’t the first thing most people think of when they think of a bicycle (vs two wheels and some handlebars)

gwern3y ago

They also can't draw pennies, the letter 'g' with the loop, and so on (https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/illusion-of-depth/inde...). Bicycles may be clever, but the shallowness of mental representation is real.

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