When you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.

rainrain@sh.itjust.works · 4 个月前

When you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.

Freshparsnip@lemm.ee · 4 个月前

There’s a famous video (I think there are actually multiple ones with a similar concept) where you’re asked to count the number of basketball passes and while you’re counting, you don’t notice a moonwalking bear

agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 4 个月前

Think it was a guy in a gorilla suit, but yeah

Freshparsnip@lemm.ee · 4 个月前

I think there were multiple versions of it, one with a gorilla and one with a bear

trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 个月前

Wowwwww I remember this was soooo popular when I was in highschool, was forwarded via email to everyone.

rainrain@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 4 个月前

I believe it.

Replace “number of basketball passes” with the dozen really important things that we all must pay attention to as adult members of our modern society.

Replace “moonwalking bear” with the various species of ghost, elf, pixie, fairy, spirit and little people reported in ancient literature.

In stage magic they call it “misdirection”. I suspect that it comprises the backbone of our reality.