David Eagleman

And I go out in the world and I ask questions and that's how you get more and more detail on stuff. This is the heart of change blindness. This is why we don't notice when there are massive changes. So in the case of the person giving directions to the pedestrian who asks,

And I go out in the world and I ask questions and that's how you get more and more detail on stuff. This is the heart of change blindness. This is why we don't notice when there are massive changes. So in the case of the person giving directions to the pedestrian who asks,

And I go out in the world and I ask questions and that's how you get more and more detail on stuff. This is the heart of change blindness. This is why we don't notice when there are massive changes. So in the case of the person giving directions to the pedestrian who asks,

All you're thinking about is, oh, there's somebody, there's some stranger standing in front of me and I'm just trying to do this job of telling them how to get the directions and I'll never see them again. So your brain just doesn't put that much effort into it.

All you're thinking about is, oh, there's somebody, there's some stranger standing in front of me and I'm just trying to do this job of telling them how to get the directions and I'll never see them again. So your brain just doesn't put that much effort into it.

All you're thinking about is, oh, there's somebody, there's some stranger standing in front of me and I'm just trying to do this job of telling them how to get the directions and I'll never see them again. So your brain just doesn't put that much effort into it.

Oh, yeah, quite right. And I can show you other change blindness examples of things. For example, you can link this on the show notes. There's a British guy named Richard Wiseman who has this great card trick that he does on YouTube. I'm so sorry. Let me not tell what the punchline is, but link this on the show notes. What you'll see is he does this card trick

Oh, yeah, quite right. And I can show you other change blindness examples of things. For example, you can link this on the show notes. There's a British guy named Richard Wiseman who has this great card trick that he does on YouTube. I'm so sorry. Let me not tell what the punchline is, but link this on the show notes. What you'll see is he does this card trick

Oh, yeah, quite right. And I can show you other change blindness examples of things. For example, you can link this on the show notes. There's a British guy named Richard Wiseman who has this great card trick that he does on YouTube. I'm so sorry. Let me not tell what the punchline is, but link this on the show notes. What you'll see is he does this card trick

essentially asking you what you notice and you see the trick and you think, wow, how did I not notice that? But it's extraordinary. It's a terrific video.

essentially asking you what you notice and you see the trick and you think, wow, how did I not notice that? But it's extraordinary. It's a terrific video.

essentially asking you what you notice and you see the trick and you think, wow, how did I not notice that? But it's extraordinary. It's a terrific video.

Exactly right. So this is what's classified as inattentional blindness. Your attention is on the basketball. You're following the basketball very carefully to see where it's going. And as a result of attending in one spot, you have inattentional blindness to other things in the scene, like the gorilla walking in. Change blindness is essentially a version of that.

Exactly right. So this is what's classified as inattentional blindness. Your attention is on the basketball. You're following the basketball very carefully to see where it's going. And as a result of attending in one spot, you have inattentional blindness to other things in the scene, like the gorilla walking in. Change blindness is essentially a version of that.

Exactly right. So this is what's classified as inattentional blindness. Your attention is on the basketball. You're following the basketball very carefully to see where it's going. And as a result of attending in one spot, you have inattentional blindness to other things in the scene, like the gorilla walking in. Change blindness is essentially a version of that.

You don't know what to look for in the photograph of the airplane. And so you just don't see things.

You don't know what to look for in the photograph of the airplane. And so you just don't see things.

You don't know what to look for in the photograph of the airplane. And so you just don't see things.

I don't know. Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, magicians have been for centuries very good at this. It's so easy to get the audience's attention to go here and there. They do all kinds of things like they never move their hand in a straight line. They move in a curved arc. And for whatever reason, you just can't resist having your attention follow that.

I don't know. Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, magicians have been for centuries very good at this. It's so easy to get the audience's attention to go here and there. They do all kinds of things like they never move their hand in a straight line. They move in a curved arc. And for whatever reason, you just can't resist having your attention follow that.