I find it interesting that this post is made so soon after the announcement of a Lego Halo video game, in the same style as the beloved Lego Star Wars games. Just a geek reference for the rest of you.

An interesting story, but IMHO the parenthetical sidenote in the intro was a little strrong, Alex. War isn't fun for anybody; that one struck too close to home, for me at least.

Cool stuff - only one problem. How many of these "proven by science" things do we see every week on Neatorama, only to forget where we found them the next time we get into an argument with someone over it?

Example: Mother to indignant son: "You're so full of crap! Make your bed, now!"

To Willo: Isn't that the point? The phenomenon is that you can read it without it being spelled correctly - to read it correctly, you need to be acquainted with the word from prior experience. Since English is not a phonetic language, the pronunciation of a letter in one word may be completely different than that of an another word. Example: through, ought, cough, burrough, etc.

Other than the Moebius strip thing being wrong (it can exist), this is a pretty nifty video. Thanks neatorama!