shockkkk Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Are you better at using / understanding / interpreting numbers or words? Some of you might consider this question vague, but I'm not going to change it so if you're unsure just don't answer. Link to post Share on other sites
Larkaloke Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words are far easier for me to deal with, in every way, than numbers. I'm a strongly visual person, and words fit into that. Numbers, for whatever reason, do not. Link to post Share on other sites
WhenSummersGone Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words. My best is pictures though. Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words, but by a slim margin. The only real difference is that I'm better at word puzzles than number puzzles Link to post Share on other sites
Baam Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Definitely numbers. I don't have a large vocabulary, and I'm pretty shit at understanding any piece of writing that isn't scientific. Even then, sometimes the words get overwhelming, to be honest. If you represent something mathematically for me, I'll have a much, much greater chance at understanding what you're writing along with it. Link to post Share on other sites
Frigid Pink Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 According to the GRE, I'm better with words. Link to post Share on other sites
Sisky Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words. Link to post Share on other sites
Raina. Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words. I have dyscalculia, so. Link to post Share on other sites
binary suns Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 neither, both give me problems. Link to post Share on other sites
m4rble Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Numbers, they don't have all the annoying ambiguities that come with words. Link to post Share on other sites
marauders Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I definitely have an easier time understanding and interpreting words. Link to post Share on other sites
RK800 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I won't vote in the poll since I am in fact uncertain but...I think numbers in one way and words in another. The question can be taken different ways. I mean numbers are easier to understand for example because they are exact. Link to post Share on other sites
SpiffyParadox Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Words are easier for me in general. But, there are situations where numbers are easier to understand than words. Link to post Share on other sites
Vixrotre Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I hate numbers. I always forget numbers! I have a great memory when it comes to words and I love reading and writing, but numbers are just killing me. I used to study history in highschool and I'd remember all definitions, stories etc but dates? Not a chance, ever! I'm awful with math, chemistry, physics and history because of numbers. Dammit numbers! Link to post Share on other sites
MerePeasant Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Words, glorious words! :D I'm not brilliant with all things words, but I'm definitely far better with words, and generally do prefer them, to numbers! Maths fail and all that. :0 Link to post Share on other sites
Ace-TheTimelordsCompanion Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Words. Definitely. My brain works on sounds and pictures. Like right now I can hear everything I am typing inside my head. Numbers all look and sound the same to me. It wasn't until I understood that mathematics doesn't all have to be numbers, that it can be pictures and sounds and concepts, that I started to enjoy maths and science. Link to post Share on other sites
deltaX Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Numbers make much more intuitive sense to me, and can kind of exist in my head in an efficient, abstract way that allows me to work with them very easily. Really, the biggest issue I have with numbers is converting them into words to communicate them to other people. Link to post Share on other sites
Snao Cone Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I'm saying numbers, because while I kick ass at both of them, my understanding of numbers is more above average than my way with words. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Words, but by a slim margin. The only real difference is that I'm better at word puzzles than number puzzles +1 (Irony fully intended. ;)) Link to post Share on other sites
Melody.ExE Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Numbers for sure! I love mathematical theories, it all just seems to click into place like magic! Words are much more difficult, I think. It's subjective, and there aren't any direct links, and so many words that mean basically the same thing, and that's not getting into spelling and grammar at all, ah, I need to stop thinking about it, haha. Link to post Share on other sites
Desmister Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Definitely words. Numbers just always seem to give me problems for whatever reason Link to post Share on other sites
Notte stellata Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I think I'm fairly good at both, but according to some criteria suggested by other posters (GRE scores and puzzle solving ability), I'm better at numbers. I also like that numbers are objective and exact. Link to post Share on other sites
ace11 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I voted numbers because i'm better at number puzzles (sudoku-which i suppose is technically a logic puzzle not strictly numbers, sukendo, kakuro, etc) than word puzzles. it was kind of a tricky question though. i think i'm good with relations, whether they are expressed in words, numbers, pictures, whatever. i'm not so good at remembering specifics, but only at understanding how things relate to one another. i'm not that great at on-the-fly calculations either, but i think that has to do with being just generally shit at doing anything when all that's going through my head is "they're waiting on you...they're waiting on an answer....come up with an answer NOW". dammit brain, i can't think of an answer if you keep yelling at me like that. i don't remember which section of my gre was stronger. reading and computational were pretty close, i think. my essay score was the weakest. i'm good at reading comprehension but not all that fluent at getting my ideas across. so in the end....yeah, i don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Words. I don't understand numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
verily-forsooth-egads Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Words or numbers? Yes. Well, they're different things, aren't they? Depends on the context. I don't have any particular problem with either. Link to post Share on other sites
mustardblood Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I find it more difficult to interpret numbers as words have meaning and you can use clues to get deeper meanings while numbers are just abstract concepts to me Link to post Share on other sites
Seraphina Willow Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I think I'm one of the few people who are nearly equal with both. I like words more, but I'm just as good with numbers, maybe better, actually. I can do sudoku but not crosswords. I'm confused... Link to post Share on other sites
imemyself Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I guess both, but it all depends on what sort of numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
MacAran Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 If by numbers you also mean equations? Then yes, absolutely. I can understand in moments from an equation what would take 20-30 minutes of explaining in words. According to the GRE, I'm better with words. According to the GRE, so am I, and yet I excel at graduate math and physics, not at written communication. Link to post Share on other sites
AshenPhoenix Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 This poll is being locked and moved to the read only Census archive for it's respective year. As part of ongoing Census organization, and in an attempt to keep the demographics of the polls current with the active user base at the time, the polls will last for one year from now on. However, members are allowed and even encouraged to re-start new polls similar to the archived ones if they like them. AshenPhoenix, Census Forum Moderator Link to post Share on other sites
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