I drive a lot, and sometimes I just “scare” back into reality and I realize I wasn’t even paying attention the last few seconds, and it feels weird. Why and how does this happen?
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“I realize I wasn’t paying attention the last few seconds.”
Yes you were. To use old terminology, the TV was running, but the VCR wasn’t recording. Your brain filters out tons of useless information throughout the day, because intently focusing on everything and committing it all to long term memory would be wasteful and exhausting.
I drive a lot, and sometimes I just “scare” back into reality and I realize I wasn’t even paying attention the last few seconds, and it feels weird. Why and how does this happen?
In: 2885
“I realize I wasn’t paying attention the last few seconds.”
Yes you were. To use old terminology, the TV was running, but the VCR wasn’t recording. Your brain filters out tons of useless information throughout the day, because intently focusing on everything and committing it all to long term memory would be wasteful and exhausting.
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