rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhen you pay attention to a thing you ignore a bunch of other things.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareFreshparsnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·16 days agoThere’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
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 days agoThink it was a guy in a gorilla suit, but yeah
minus-squareFreshparsnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoI think there were multiple versions of it, one with a gorilla and one with a bear
minus-squaretrustnoone@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoWowwwww I remember this was soooo popular when I was in highschool, was forwarded via email to everyone.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-216 days agoI 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.
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
Think it was a guy in a gorilla suit, but yeah
I think there were multiple versions of it, one with a gorilla and one with a bear
Wowwwww I remember this was soooo popular when I was in highschool, was forwarded via email to everyone.
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.