{"id":26773,"date":"2020-07-24T11:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=26773"},"modified":"2020-07-24T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:29:54","slug":"cognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=26773","title":{"rendered":"Cognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love this, posted by @pixelatedboat<\/a><\/strong> on Twitter:<\/p>\n

A great many people, they didn\u2019t know what an elephant was until I pointed at the elephant on the test and said \u201cthat\u2019s an elephant.” The doctors, they were amazed. Some of them started crying. They said \u201cThank you, sir. Even we didn\u2019t know what that animal was called.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I wonder how I’d do on a cognitive test in my current deteriorated state. After all, I almost flunked one when I was younger.<\/p>\n

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I actually came up with this one on my own. Now pay me.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was 1973, and I wanted to join the US Air Force. First, though, I had to pass an aptitude test and flight physical. Everything went great. I thought I’d finished, but at the last minute the flight surgeon handed me a page from a book, pointed at a paragraph, and asked me to read it aloud.<\/p>\n

I said “You’ve got to be kidding,” thinking it was some kind of joke, but he put on a serious face and said “If you want to pass, you need to read this paragraph out loud.” I must have looked confused, so he explained: some applicants, who otherwise exhibit no speech problems, mix words up or stutter when they have to read from a page. Some applicants turn out to be hiding the fact they’re functionally illiterate.<\/p>\n

Once I understood it was part of the test I read the paragraph, deliberately and precisely sounding out each word. You’d have thought I was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, except I don’t think the show existed in 1973. I passed, thus becoming the officer and gentleman you admire today.<\/p>\n

Based on everything we know about Donald Trump, the cognitive test he took at Walter Reed may be the only test he hasn’t paid someone else to take for him, so naturally he’s proud. As proud as any infant who’s learned to do his business on the potty. Good for him. And what a gift he’s been for the brilliant Sarah Cooper!<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) July 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n