Posted on 11/13/2019 1:48:09 PM PST by BigKahuna
Inattentional blindness occurs when you fail to notice an object or even a person that’s right in front of you because your attention was focused on something else, such as a task or an event or some other object. In aviation security, for example, an airport police officer might fail to discern a fully visible traveler who’s accidentally crossed through an equally visible portal into a non-public area because the police officer is engaged in another task. Both activities – the traveler entering a non-public area and the task the officer is performing – are plainly evident to him, but his visual perception is engaged on the task he’s performing and not on that other person.
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Almost without exception, inattentional blindness results from failing to notice unexpected objects or activities, such as the inadvertent trespass committed by that traveler. A person walking through an airport terminal portal clearly marked (oftentimes glaringly so) “Exit Only” and failing to be stopped for doing so by the security guard stationed there is a classic example of inattentional blindness. The security guard may be watching travelers as they properly exit the portal, but someone unexpectedly entering it might not fully register even though the guard sees it happening with her own eyes. There are documented cases of this very event occurring at an airport or two over the years, creating a security breach and subsequent lockdown of the terminal until the trespassing person could be found.
Ping.
Yes. I accidentally walked past customs and security at the Dublin airport a while ago. Went right past it while following someone I thought knew what they were doing. I realized my mistake soon after and expected to go through all kinds of hell. Irish officer realized it about the time I did, but just shrugged his shoulders and waved at me to go on. In the USA, I’d probably get at least get an orifice check for the mistake.
I believed this ‘inattentional Blindness’ is nothing more than one of the most common human traits.
That trait is that we believe that “we see what we see”. That “we hear what we hear”. This is not true.
The subconscious picks up everything, but the conscious develops habits/patterns/likes/dislikes and these things distort the information.
For example, ever lost something? Like car keys. Look around everywhere. Can’t find them? Sooner or later you finally find them, right where you started from, right where you thought they should be but ‘knew’ they weren’t.
You told yourself they weren’t there. Your subconscious ‘distorted’ your information to match your ‘command.
Ya, and know about that. I pick up more with my peripheral vision than straight ahead.
I think the entire moronial generarion could walk within 6 inches of an exploding volcano 25 times a day while pretending it doesn’t exist if they are expected to sweep a single gram of ash off of it
My ex accused me of that all the time...
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