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Re:When we take turns speaking, we chime in after a cultural... by gohrt on Monday January 25, 2016 @03:57PM (#10969881)
Your anecdote is inconsistent with the "universal" short gap, and I think you are more correct. The "universality" comes from averaging that smears away individual differences
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Re:When we take turns speaking, we chime in after a cultural... by developer2 on Sunday January 31, 2016 @01:42AM (#11005520)
I suppose if you're going to draw a bell curve for the gaps people exhibit, someone has to fall on the outer edges. I'm one of the outliers on the right side of the graph in terms of milliseconds. :)
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