'But Did You See the Gorilla?!' How to Make Your Blind Spots Work for You. Don't stress about your blind spots. Use them as opportunities to improve.
By Aytekin Tank •
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"The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." - Carl Sagan
One of the most famous experiments in psychology includes a 1999 video by researchers Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. In the brief clip, six people – three wearing white shirts and three wearing black – repeatedly pass a basketball back and forth. Viewers are asked to count how many times the white-shirted players pass the ball.
After less than a minute, the pass-count question repeats and the following text appears on screen: "The correct answer is 15 passes. But did you see the gorilla?!"
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