Savant Moment (2 of 2)
This one isn’t too Savant, but it was very cool for me. Back again at college for my BS (in engineering) I took a drafting class to see if I would be any good at it. This may date me a bit, but this is before CADCAM, we used pencils only. Really! Anyhow, every week the instructor would give us a quiz. The quiz was very similar to the diagram below.
Each week he would take out one of the 4 images (either the top, front, right, or the 3D one) and put in 4 different images for us to pick/choose from (multiple choice). One was correct of course. I don’t know why, but my stupid mind always knows which one is correct. I NEVER GOT ONE WRONG! During the 10 week quarter, the instructor noticed I was not getting any quizes wrong, so he tried to make them harder and harder. Without success!
But drafting wasn’t for me – at least back then. The problem was I could not draw a line with a ruler that was the same width from start to finish. I would change the pencil pressure throughout drawing the line and it was not a good line. So, drafting was over. BUT, today, using a computer it would be a different story!
