So the weird thing that most of you likely missed is the big gorilla that walked through the middle of the screen!! Watch it again.....I know you don't believe me. The video illustrates the concept of "Inattentional Blindness". Basically, we focus so intently on something, we aren't able to see the most obvious and glaring issue directly in front of our eyes.
This came up recently in something totally unrelated to the Toronto Scuba Club or diving generally, but while I was dealing with it, it reminded me of something completely dive-focused.
Most of you who have dived are aware of the phenomena of Nitrogen Narcosis. The situation where the nitrogen build-up in our systems has a slightly narcotic effect at a certain depth which in turn makes us feels slightly tipsy. Well, it strikes me that the effects that nitrogen narcosis have on us can be the same as inattentional blindness. You see, one of the major concerns of nitrogen narcosis is that we can lose focus on the many things we need to pay attention to as we dive and become fixated on something inconsequential. Inattentional Blindness creates the same effect......
It's cool how issues interrelate and apply to diving nonetheless. Is it just me that thinks this.....
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