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How was it a shortcut if both groups completed it at the same time?
by throwww00 13y ago
How was it a shortcut if both groups completed it at the same time?
- ollysb 13y agoI think the point was that the programmers working in the environment with music produced solutions with more complexity. Over the lifetime of a project that complexity is going to add up.
- tomhschmidt 13y agoOnly the median was the same. The way I interpret this is that a quiet work environment sort of "unlocked" the ability to see the shortcut for a small number of workers. However, most still used the normal method and had the same performance as the workers with music, thus the same median.
- kps 13y agoIt was a bit more than a shortcut. The Cornell experiment, however, contained a hidden wild card. The specification required that an output data stream be formed through a series of manipulations on numbers in the input data stream. For example, participants had to shift each number two digits to the left and then divide by one hundred and so on, perhaps completing a dozen operations in total. Although the specification never said it, the net effect of all the operations was that each output number was necessarily equal to its input number. Some people realized this and others did not. Of those who figured it out, the overwhelming majority came from the quiet room.
- osekkat 13y agoThis experiment sounds interesting. Do you have a link to the source?
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