I read digital clocks faster, but I have an analogue watch. Partly for aesthetic reasons and partly because I don’t want to lose the skill. Similarly, I do arithmetic in my head whenever I can spare the extra seconds, because I don’t want to be dependent on a calculator (and for the status).
I do arithmetic in my head whenever I can spare the extra seconds
Same, except since I can almost always spare the extra seconds, my condition is “when I can afford to be as likely to make a mistake as I believe that I am.”
Although more frequently I just don’t have a calculator handy.
I read digital clocks faster, but I have an analogue watch. Partly for aesthetic reasons and partly because I don’t want to lose the skill. Similarly, I do arithmetic in my head whenever I can spare the extra seconds, because I don’t want to be dependent on a calculator (and for the status).
Same, except since I can almost always spare the extra seconds, my condition is “when I can afford to be as likely to make a mistake as I believe that I am.”
Although more frequently I just don’t have a calculator handy.