Comment on What do you think is the largest number a human can actually grasp / truly comprehend?

<- View Parent
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

7 sounds about right. When I see a number of stuff in front of me I can quickly grasp how many there are up to about 7. 8 already becomes two fours. 9 is 3x3 or 4+5 depending on how the objects are clustered.

Though I think I can estimate up to about a thousand. Usually by comparing to stuff I have already seen in that ballpark.

source
Sort:hotnewtop