You see what you want to see
I'm involved in self explorations in search of improving my effectiveness in my communications and relationships with others, and how I can manifest the power of my intentions and step into "magnificence without conceit".
This has led me to musing a lot on how much we limit ourselves in our choices, even to the degree that we see only what we want to see. That in turn reminded me of the following award winning psychology study from last year.
On September 30, 2004, Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris received an Ig Nobel award for one of their studies. They are both proud to have received this award -- it acknowledges that science can simultaneously be rigorous, enlightening, and fun.
To View the "basketball" video
This link takes you to the basketball video from the experiment that led to the Ig Nobel Award. To view the video, you will need to have Java active in your browser. The video is fairly large (7.5MB) and it might take a while to finish loading. When viewing the video, try to count the total number of times that the people wearing white pass the basketball. Do not count the passes made by the people wearing black. When you're done, visit the lab web site for more information and the surprising discovery of this experiment.
Reviewing the video and the experimental result makes me wonder:
AM I MISSING SOMETHING BIG IN MY LIFE?