A New Challenge
One of the first things I did when I started into amateur radio was to play trivia on my club's Friday net. I knew I was filled with useless information, but I didn't realize I had THAT MUCH useless information stuffed into my brain. After a few games, it became clear that I was a bit of a trivia savant. Normal questions in the game had a question and 4 multiple-choice answers. For years, I've known that I have a knack for pattern matching. I'm sure it's tied to my ADHD, but the way my brain works is to immediately discard 2 answers as completely wrong and then to rapidly negotiate internally on which of the 2 remaining answers is more plausible. I then click on the answer and wait to see if I'm close or not. Usually, it works out. There's nothing to study or prep, and I don't look answers up before I click. I ended up with a nickname: The Trivia Robot - based on my callsign. As far as my pattern-matching skills, I enjoy scanni...