Don’t believe what you see unless you know the angle
Television news loves to show pictures of crowded beaches as examples of how people are ignoring social distancing guidelines. In some cases this may be true, but in many cases they have just lost perspective.
Here’s a photo of a beach that looks overcrowded.
But that’s because you are looking at a long stretch of beach along the shore line.
When you look at the same beach, looking towards the water, you can clearly see that there is easily more than 6 feet between groups of people.
The responsible way for television to report overcrowding at a beach would be with an aerial view.
I was fascinated with mathematics at an early age. In university I became more interested in how people think and began graduate work in psychology. The possibilities of using computers to try to understand the brain by simulating learning and thinking became an exciting idea and I completed a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science.
My interest in doing research shifted to an interest in building systems. I worked for 40+ years in the computer field, on large mainframe computers, then personal computers, doing software development for academic and scientific research, business and financial applications, data networks, hardware products and the Internet.
After I retired I began writing to help people understand computers, software, smartphones and the Internet. You can download my free books from Apple iBooks, Google Play Books and from https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/edainow
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All television reports showed gastly amounts of overcrowding on the 4th of July weekend. And the bars were filled with drunk young people… and now many of the states have record number of COVID-19 cases. Their president keeps lying to the people, and the followers are going to continue killing each other… sheesh.
All television reports showed gastly amounts of overcrowding on the 4th of July weekend. And the bars were filled with drunk young people… and now many of the states have record number of COVID-19 cases. Their president keeps lying to the people, and the followers are going to continue killing each other… sheesh.