Thursday, August 28, 2008

Can the Human Brain be Buggy?

You might wonder while reading the subject of this post thinking whether I made a mistake in relating bugs found in computer software to the human brain. It has been thought that the human brain is far more superior than any other software (or machinery run using software, to be more precise) developed ever since Alan Turing began comparing the Computer to a Human. But the biggest question is that whether we have been taking things for granted.

Inspired by an e-mail sent to me by a friend I have been trying this activity over and over to realize that each and every attempt I make results in a failure. This is analogous to a bug found in a software, where you expect one thing to happen but something else happening instead. So here is what you have got to do:
  1. While sitting where you are, at your desk, in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make anti-clockwise circles.
  2. While doing this, draw the number 6 in the air with your right hand. Your foot will keep rotating as it was.
  3. Now, remain seated in the same way, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
  4. While doing this, draw the number 6 in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction!
As you will realize, this information is pre-programmed in your brain and you can't simply do anything about it. This should hold valid for most of the human population, but, there can be some who are not affected as well.

More information on this can be found at [1] - [3].

Please note that I'm not challenging the way in which a Human was created, stating an imperfection. Also, I have no intension in disputing one's religious viewpoints.

[1] http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071222121325AAbdAhO
[2] http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/3619/
[3] http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2004/07/06/174234.aspx

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