I’m sure that everyone has seen that meme where there will be a paragraph where every word is misspelled, but your mind decides what the words are supposed to be anyway – kind of like autocorrect.
Dave had to pick up a coworker. My mind decided that word was crowbar. “I need to pick up a crowbar before I go to work.”
I personally like the assignment video where you are watching two people toss a ball back and forth and you count how many times they toss it. At the end you are asked if you noticed the gorilla.
There is a paper available online, as well as videos, called Gorrillas in our Midst, about selective perception (you often see what you expect to see). It is a fascinating subject.
I’m sure that everyone has seen that meme where there will be a paragraph where every word is misspelled, but your mind decides what the words are supposed to be anyway – kind of like autocorrect.
Dave had to pick up a coworker. My mind decided that word was crowbar. “I need to pick up a crowbar before I go to work.”
Damn Dave – you change your occupation?
Trash removal, don’t worry about it
Is that a metaphor/euphemism? One where “removing” the “trash” requires a crowbar (and possibly a roll of carpet)?
I personally like the assignment video where you are watching two people toss a ball back and forth and you count how many times they toss it. At the end you are asked if you noticed the gorilla.
Classic one-word wisdom from the family patriarch. Love it.
There is a paper available online, as well as videos, called Gorrillas in our Midst, about selective perception (you often see what you expect to see). It is a fascinating subject.
I love a delightful disaster.