Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 11:09 am (UTC)
I read some stuff by Dehaene talking about that; how one can measure the extent of a baby's surprise by how long it stares at something. So you stick a toy behind a curtain, pull away the curtain and the toy's no longer there - cue long stare etc. Dehaene was talking about how the numerosity :) (or whatever) of quantity up to 3 seems to be hardwired and thereafter not so much. So, 3 objects becoming 2 causes surprise, 5 objects becoming 4 not really. Interesting stuff.

So yes, 1 sun becoming half a sun - a bit worrying :D
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