Re: [Phys-L] multitasking

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2012, Jun 06, , at 18:35, Richard Tarara wrote:

> I would suggest looking at the Wikipedia article on Human Multitasking.  At least what is there is my understanding of the problems associated with humans trying to do multiple 'active brain' things simultaneously.  I'm sure one can train oneself to do a couple things pretty well (like flying and talking on the radio) but other things like reading Plato while listening to an IPOD or watching TV and doing physics problems seem (for most) to suffer the problems noted in the article.
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> Rick
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Of course, most can walk and chew gum simultaneously.

"Johnson said at the time, "Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time."[48] The press, used to sanitizing LBJ's salty language, reported this as "Gerald Ford can't walk and chew gum at the same time."[49]"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford


bc thinks he remembers Ford tripped and nearly fell embarking from a heavy plane.

I, searching tripped, find true.