Does spelling really count?

Philip Copitch, Ph.D.

Author of Change: How to bring real change to your life: The psychology and secrets of highly effective people

Most decent readers can read the following poorly misspelled paragraphs 

(As you go along, you will quickly adapt and pick up speed. Isn’t that interesting?)

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid...

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. 

Amzanig huh?

Does this prove that spelling doesn’t count?

Not at all, what this does prove is that the human mind can see patterns very well and often adapts to these patterns easily.

It is important that we human types see pattens in our environment. It is the basis of our ability to comprehend and learn from our environment.

Enough fun for now, I need to get back to my work writing and hopefully spell everything correctly.