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

rainrain@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前

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

Freshparsnip@lemm.ee · 1 年前

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 · 1 年前

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

Freshparsnip@lemm.ee · 1 年前

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

trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 年前

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

rainrain@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 1 年前

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.