The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Once you are done reading this book, you will take a step back before forming an opinion, whether it is about things happening around you or what you see on TV or read in newspapers, blogs, etc. The book explains how our intuitions can deceive us into believing things that might not be true.
The book addresses six main illusions. The illusion of attention explains how we overlook things due to tunnel vision and how we believe we can multitask. When we are driving, we often assume it is okay to speak on the phone because we are experienced drivers and do not need much brain power on familiar routes. But the authors argue that it is not the things we expect to see that we miss. It is the extremely unexpected that goes unnoticed. We miss it because we were never expecting it.
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