I knew it! But then again, as a gamer I was bound to know this before others.

Rylas · 09-13-2010 02:40 PM

Play games? You're probably quicker at making smart decisions than others.

I has been scooped?

@Rylas

Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.

BafflingBeerMan · 09-13-2010 02:56 PM

This just means when I make dumb decisions, I should fell extra shame!

"Ben is short for Frank."
-Baffling Beer-Man, The Tenacious 3: The Movie

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Dark One · 09-13-2010 02:56 PM

Could just be that gamers have gotten to the point where they're more apt to go with their gut instinct or intuition rather than sitting there dickering about something for ages on end. Your first instinct tends to be the right choice, IMO.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I can't decide between spaghetti and udon noodles for dinner...

LiquidX · 09-13-2010 03:05 PM

And people said QTE's were worthless.

Durakken · 09-13-2010 03:14 PM

Dark One... that's not exactly true, but true enough. A lot of people dismiss or make fun of the gut feeling because they don't understand what it is. Basically what it is is that it is your brain taking all the knowns and linking them along your neural paths to find the most likely one to connect. Incorrect information or bad neural pathways lead to bad gut reaction... It's never good to rely solely on gut reactions and this level of thinking, but it is a good place to start. In net terms it's more or less like wikipedia in terms of use and google in terms of operation.

The last part I think bares further investigation and would be of great benefit to students as it explains why studying all at once is bad and some other things that students have a problem with. It also lends credibility to the ideas that you can fry your brain if you take in too much information and try to process it.