h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A536636

This entry gives information about a little recognisesd neurological condition. Hope it's not too heavy...

This looks really interesting at a first quick reading. I have to go out now unfortunately, but I'll have another read later today or tomorrow and if I can see any scope for improvement that nobody else has spotted by then, I'll add another comment. Good work.

Sal

Now I'm worrying that my first posting was too dull:
Roll up, roll up! A colourful article mentioning hallucinogenic drugs!

Wow! Great entry!

I almost wish I was synaesthetic myself, reading that... But for me, words is words, sounds is sounds and credit card numbers are not immediately redolent of oral stone sensations.

Hello,

This entry is fascinating and nicely written to boot. I think it should have no problems making it into the Edited Guide, and I have nothing really to quibble about.

Yours,
Jake

Definitely

Hiya!

I've read a bit about synaesthesia before, and it's a fascinating subject and I think this is a great overview.

My only really minor niggle is that you use "blindfold subjects" and my irritating in-built grammar checker thinks it should be "blindfolded subjects"


Emma

A point - I shall correct it.

Thanks

Apart from one minor typo, "spontaneously", this article is perfect.

I've fixed that too.

Sorry to have hit and run like that this afternoon. I could see this was a fascinating article but I just didn't have time to read it properly. It's really good!

There is just one little bit that's confusing. In the third paragraph you say "As many as one in 2000 people experience natural synaesthesia ..." then a couple of sentences later you say "... around one in 500 associate colours with letters ...". That seems contradictory and a bit of clarification would help.

Apart from that tiny little thing though, brilliant!

Should have been '5000' - thanks for spotting that.

Yep. Sorted

Excellent article! *applauds*

Cloviscat, sounds likes its a pretty cool condition to have (except for the migraines ).

A fascinating article, I'd never heard of this before and now I have. The guide comes in useful again .

Orcus

Yes, indeed useful! I always wondered how to the term 'wet fart' was to be interpreted

Now seriously, that's the secret behind those memory wizards who can remember 1000s of digits after studying them for some 10 minutes. They associate the digits with persons and objects and construct some weird story(!) in their minds, which is more easily remembered than a sequence like 7-3-4-9-5-...

D'oh! The secret's out! Though I'm sure that many - like me - don't realise on a conscious level just *how* they are doing it...

? Hopeful ? Any takers for this entry?

Cloviscat

I'd rate this entry 9.3 out of 10 (or should I say Orangey-turquoise out of partially-chewed toffee?).
The scouts should pick this one up and give it a rousing 'hussah!'. I've linked it on my page cus its so interesting. Bon chance.

Spitfire