On Sunday, September 14, 2014 11:55:12 PM UTC-4, Tim McDaniel wrote:   
      
   >   
   > I heard a follow-on tonight.  "They measured the attention span of   
   > goldfish versus humans.  Goldfish have an attention span of 9 seconds,   
   > and humans have 8 seconds.  Moreover, humans used to have 12, until   
   > they tested young people."  Example in the wild,   
      
   They* tell us that the attention span for people is about their age in minutes   
   up to a maximum of 30. These studies were done in the 60s (I could find a cite   
   somewhere, but  ooh shiny)   
      
   *The people who advise us (community college instructors) on teaching methods.   
   The idea being if you have a 3 hour class, and you just lecture, you're in   
   trouble.   
      
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