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   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:47:15 -0600   
   JAB  wrote:   
      
   > Why the Human Brain Perceives Small Numbers Better   
      
   > Jevons' description of his self-experiment, published in Nature in   
   > 1871, set the "foundation of how we think about numbers," said Steven   
   > Piantadosi, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the   
   > University of California, Berkeley. It sparked a long-lasting and   
   > ongoing debate about why there seems to be a limit on the number of   
   > items we can accurately judge to be present in a set.   
      
   Just spitballing here: back when we were monkeys, 4 was the number of   
   hyenas/lions/cheetahs headed your direction you'd need to quickly   
   identify and run from.   
      
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