There is no implicit assumption there. There is an explicit acknowledgement that that could have been an effect, and reasons why I don’t think the effect was large.
I’m not saying there’s no “too many cooks” effect, but I think the “seen before” effect is equally interesting, and perhaps even larger.
Could be. For instance, I did have the advantage this time of knowing that the instruction sheet proceeded from bottom to top rather than from top to bottom. But I still think this particular task would be solved quicker by one person, because most of the group’s time was spent communicating and debating and persuading and interfering with each other and asking who had what piece, and only a small amount of its time was spent actually moving pieces.
There is no implicit assumption there. There is an explicit acknowledgement that that could have been an effect, and reasons why I don’t think the effect was large.
I meant the assumption packed inside your “reasons why I don’t think the effect was large”, that unconscious memories would not have a large effect. In my experience, they very often do. Watching old episodes of DS9 (ones I don’t “remember”), I can almost always call out plot twists before my husband sees them. Am I just way better at spotting plot twists? Well, it’s possible, but I also watched the show a lot more when it was new.
But I still think this particular task would be solved quicker by one person, because most of the group’s time was spent communicating and debating and persuading and interfering with each other and asking who had what piece, and only a small amount of its time was spent actually moving pieces.
Yeah, you’re probably right. Anything that involves taking things in your hand and moving them around is just awful to do in a group. I can never watch someone trying to untie a knot without feeling like I could do it better, have you noticed this?
There is no implicit assumption there. There is an explicit acknowledgement that that could have been an effect, and reasons why I don’t think the effect was large.
Could be. For instance, I did have the advantage this time of knowing that the instruction sheet proceeded from bottom to top rather than from top to bottom. But I still think this particular task would be solved quicker by one person, because most of the group’s time was spent communicating and debating and persuading and interfering with each other and asking who had what piece, and only a small amount of its time was spent actually moving pieces.
I meant the assumption packed inside your “reasons why I don’t think the effect was large”, that unconscious memories would not have a large effect. In my experience, they very often do. Watching old episodes of DS9 (ones I don’t “remember”), I can almost always call out plot twists before my husband sees them. Am I just way better at spotting plot twists? Well, it’s possible, but I also watched the show a lot more when it was new.
Yeah, you’re probably right. Anything that involves taking things in your hand and moving them around is just awful to do in a group. I can never watch someone trying to untie a knot without feeling like I could do it better, have you noticed this?