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In reply to the discussion: The Invisible Gorilla In The Room: One reason so many people are so ignorant [View all]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)45. If that's the case they are clueless
They were dealing with automatic perception. OF COURSE we are missing a lot. If we were digesting all of it. We have a great deal of trouble walking down the street let alone driving. We can only see or hear in ways that make sense if we automatically ignore A LOT of stuff. Missing the gorilla is natural and adaptive.
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The Invisible Gorilla In The Room: One reason so many people are so ignorant [View all]
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
OP
IMO people are ignorant because they don't or can't listen with their senses. All through K-12
jody
Jan 2013
#1
Agree. One must learn to focus on the topic not unlike concentration of an athlete, e.g. golfer.
jody
Jan 2013
#5
Understand, that's why the "quiet eye" concept is so intriguing. Foveal vision feeds one part of
jody
Jan 2013
#10
I've worked on vision concepts for so long as a competitor that it's now purely unconscious.
jody
Jan 2013
#14
I suspect though that those people in their environment could see things you found difficult
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#15
It is why after every major event, except for plants, eyewitnesses see nothing
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#4
I find it hard to believe you think the average freeper is as well informed as the average DUer
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#13
Equating basic perceptual processes with purposeful intellectual processes is really reaching
loyalsister
Jan 2013
#17
You don't think perceptual errors have anything to do with people being ignorant?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#23
For a lot of people things that conflict with the propaganda are indeed unintentionally ignored
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#29
Well, all our women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above
Brother Buzz
Jan 2013
#32
It doesn't prove that we "miss" anything of the kind. It proves that we're programmed to be
ancianita
Jan 2013
#37
It wasn't intended as a scientific experiment but as a demonstration of selective inattention
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#39
Interesting. Part of what's going on in this thread is the collision of two world views.
alberg
Jan 2013
#52
I have the opposite problem... The gorilla made me forget what the assignment was!
reformist2
Jan 2013
#57