Re:The Effects of Computer Programming on the Brain (2012)
by cthackers on Thursday May 30, 2013 @09:34AM
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What in the world are you talking about ?
Re:The Effects of Computer Programming on the Brain (2012)
by wittysense on Thursday May 30, 2013 @11:19AM
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I'm making an analogy between two very thematic experiences in my life which involve abstractions.
1. Writing code in vim.
2. An attempt to extend a common philosophical image in cognitive neuroscience ( http://youtu.be/Bm40BSZJRck?t=48m28s ) which involves the behavior measurement of phenomenological experience, like perception. The description in terms of temporal modality is precise, however a grammar (set of valid images) is necessary to enable the merger of these data into public consciousness. So, I'm using the event of spotlights or firecrackers flashing in smoke as an analogy.
If you look at LightTable, perchance you'll understand ? And if you split more often, and employ many IDE-ish tools in vim ? I am a coder trying to relate my experience of Flow to you.
What does it matter if anyone is addicted. Addicts talk about addiction.
I like to think of this as an analogy to how the brain processes (what we call "having a thought"), in that our most widely used metaphor is of a light show or fire crackers going on in a cloud of smoke. The beams of light, when taken as groups arranged over time, or distributions, represents the neurotransmitter, the statistical distributions of light give us a concept map or ontology of thought.
Sometimes I close all of my terminal splits on accident with an ending of "Aha!"
Do this because you believe in semiotic alchemy, and for no other reason. There should be 10-15 physical programmers, if that. Anything more is excess.