Comments on: Influenza

By: Link Soup

Link Soup — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:50:22 +0000

[...] the flu is sweeping the blogosphere. Is it just a coincidence that Steve Olson caught the flu the same week I did, even though he is over 2000 miles away from me and I’ve never actually [...]

By: sydney

sydney — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:39:36 +0000

I didn’t see the gorilla, but my concentration is pretty good so I’m not surprised. An excellent demonstration of attentional direction.

By: Dragos Roua

Dragos Roua — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:33:27 +0000

Nice. I saw the gorilla immediately, but, to be honest, I was trained. I saw several times on the Internet those jokes in which a beautifull, partly naked girl, is staying on a boat deck, watching the sky. The label is: focus on the picture, and then you will see, in about two minutes, a boat )

Joking, of course. But it’s always refreshing to observe how the brain really works. One of my favourite activities, by the way…

By: Edmund

Edmund — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:23:30 +0000

Get better soon (and the rest of your family, too). Those Minnesota bugs are among the hardiest. I know because I grew up in Two Harbors, MN and Osceola, WI.

By: Chris Campa

Chris Campa — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:57:02 +0000

Interesting test. I completely missed the gorilla as I was focused on counting the ball passes. In fact, I deliberately avoided noticing anything else other than the people in white. Now if the instructions were to count the ball passes and see what else you notice about the others, then that might have been a different story. So I’m not sure if this is a test of overall awareness or if it is a test of the ability to avoid distractions (which is a constant practice during meditation). Hehe, it could also say something about a tendency towards independent thinking versus “doing what you’re told”.

Thanks.

By: Link Soup

Link Soup — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:01:14 +0000

[...] Apparently, the flu is sweeping the blogosphere. Is it just a coincidence that Steve Olson caught the flu the same week I did, even though he is over 2000 miles away from me and I’ve never actually met the guy in person? Hmm. This could be a conspiracy. [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00:58 +0000

Wow great video on mental awareness. I saw the gorilla but ignored it while counting the balls, but I completely understand the importance of the lesson.