Gobbledegook?
One of the factors that need to be taken into account when considering communication is ability of the human brain to create meaning where, perhaps, none exists. Sometimes this is a block to communication, but it can also be a great benefit as this exercise will show. Simply display or hand out the following passage and see how difficult or easy it is for people to read.
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is
taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a ttoal mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the
wrod as a wlohe.
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