Visualization and How We Process Information

Chris Domas gives a phenomenal demonstration of the power of visualization and the fact that we are hard-wired to be better at processing images - a lot better than texts or 1s and 0s.

This is something we kind of know through everyday experiences, but not often utilized consciously. Even is science and engineering, visualization is still pursued by only a small group of experts rather than the norm in scientific discoveries.

With the progress of the digital age and the advent of Big Data, Visualization holds the key in our ability to interpret all the collected information. Perhaps the art of Data Science is not just in one's ability to sieve through mountains of different data quickly, but also equally if not more important in one's ability to illustrate and interpret the results in meaningful ways that can be shared with fellow citizens easily.