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[hiromichi]

I wonder what 'fries your brain and turns you into a semi-coherent vegetable' means.


Doing things in parallel means doing two things at the same time. Not actually at the exact same time, that would be multitasking, and thanks to the fine scientists at Stanford, we’ve known for almost ten years that multitasking fries your brain and turns you into a semi-coherent vegetable.
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Hiromichi

[Lorikeet]

I guess it's supposed to be a humorous idea that multitasking "fries your brain" (makes your brain not operate well) and "turns you into a semi-coherent vegetable" (makes you operate inefficiently).

[hiromichi]

Lorikeet, Thank you.
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Hiromichi