That Was No Gorilla, That Was My Inattentional Blindness If you were watching a basketball game and someone in a gorilla costume stomped across the court pounding his chest, you'd notice, wouldn't you?According to psychologist Dan Simons, there's only a 50% chance you would! It's called "inattentional blindness" or "change blindness" - being too focused to see things right in front of our eyesAccording to a fascinating article in "The Carleton Voice," by Jack El-Hai, when Simons had subjects watch ...

Are You an Ethical Person? A few years ago I attended a vocational school for computer programming During my last semester there, we were all required to do a speech about the field of computer programming I chose to do one on the ethics of computer programming, ie the industry you chose to work for, thetype of programming you did, etcI discussed things like; if you design programs for a company that produces highly gory video games, and that company ...

What Are You Resisting? If you are stuck somewhere in your life, the chances are you are stuck because you are resisting something Many people grew up with one or two controlling parents or caregivers, and therefore learned numerous ways of overtly or covertly resisting being controlled Who or what are you resisting? RESISTING BEING CONTROLLED BY ANOTHER PERSON Noah fell madly in love with Celia It had been a long time since he had felt in love and he was ...