**niplav** @niplav@schelling.pt · Jan 28, 2023, 11:36

**niplav** @niplav@schelling.pt · Jan 28, 2023, 11:36

niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

It takes humans twice as long to detect the *absence* of an element in a set of visual stimuli than the presence

**Contemptible Rat** @galena@paws.moe · Jan 28, 2023, 11:38

**Contemptible Rat** @galena@paws.moe · Jan 28, 2023, 11:38

Contemptible Rat @galena@paws.moe

@niplav It is better to detect that murderdeathium is nearby rapidly than it is to detect that it isn't nearby

**niplav** @niplav@schelling.pt · 2023-01-28T11:44:44Z

niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

@galena I was thinking more from a CS angle: if you do a linear search on a list, you'd expect to find the item halfway through the search

but this is also a good interpretation