Saturday, May 27, 2006

odd pic, cute story

Ellie likes to stick her finger in the end of the stick eraser and pull it out to hear the little popping sound.

She usually will try 2 or 3 times until she gets the sound, then stops. So it's pretty clear she has an idea in her head about what she wants to do with the thing, and knows how to go about it and when she's accomplished it.

For most people, that's just a cute little thing a baby does. But for someone who's piddling around in graduate school, especially someone studying cognitive psychology (as a minor), that's evidence of a "goal-directed system" with "test, operate, test, exit" processes.

Never ever ever get a PhD. It makes your brain really goofy. Posted by Picasa

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