Re: OT: The Geek defense

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:22:05 -0700, Howard Brazee wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:59:49 -0600, Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>I too did poorly and did not complete the test. It wasn't testing
'visual logic'. The
>>sequences made me use numbers, which are words. 
> 
> Numbers aren't spaces.   But there are lots of people who understand
> either numbers or words but not both, implying that these are
> understood with different (maybe overlapping) methods.

Still it has been shown with PET scans etc that people use the verbal
equipment in their brains for arithmetic. Geometry and higher maths use
the same area used for rotating imaginary shapes.

Tim