I've some dancin' to do...
I think it's a good sign when I can't help but laugh while putting OBOC's quotables into the quotable archive. Because I have to read them again, see. And they're funny. Yeah.
kytor managed to figure out one of the crucial aspects of the change blindness thing--namely, the fact that the screen flashes gray between the pictures. It's true that when faced with a continuous image, the brain is good at seeing changes--but when the image is interrupted for even just a tiny moment, the brain has no actual difference to track. Its attention is not directed at the difference, so until you notice where it is, your brain doesn't even realize it's there.
Now that you've experienced this first-hand, here's a video about it!
The thing about this--that video in particular--is that it makes lots of people go, "Hah! They're just stupid. Of course I would notice something like that!" It therefore bears mentioning that the subjects of the experiment in that video are all people at Harvard. And, of course, you can't possibly know whether you would notice something like that--because unless someone later directs your attention to it, like the person interviewing the subjects in the video, by its very nature you would have no idea. It's not like you could later think back and realize the difference. Your brain just doesn't register it.
In other news. Had the first rehearsal for Prologue today. You know, the song in which I am dancing? And I left basically feeling thus: I am better at pretending I can dance than I thought I was; however I need to be better at actually dancing not just for my sake but for the sake of my dance partner, who is counting on me to do my half of the dance competently. And also to not let her fall. Which is a very valid concern, considering how many times in this dance already the girls are doing something where they have to trust the guys with their weight. (Including one where, if dropped, they may very well land on their heads. Fun stuff.)
I have not yet however actually failed at anything (at least not to the point of dropping my dance partner) so there's hope for me yet.
...I have a dance partner. How weird is that? And I do have to give her a lot of credit because while I'm there struggling not to let her fall, she's actually doing all these things and trusting me not to drop her. So... yeah.
By the by, I'm being incredibly vague in describing this dancing not because I'm trying to keep it a mystery or something (though I wouldn't want to spoil it for all you people who are most definitely coming to see the OBOC show...!) but mostly because I have no idea how to describe dancing in the first place. I just try to follow directions.
Hey look I went the entire entry without directly mentioning how I woefully lack upper body strength! No wait--
kytor managed to figure out one of the crucial aspects of the change blindness thing--namely, the fact that the screen flashes gray between the pictures. It's true that when faced with a continuous image, the brain is good at seeing changes--but when the image is interrupted for even just a tiny moment, the brain has no actual difference to track. Its attention is not directed at the difference, so until you notice where it is, your brain doesn't even realize it's there.
Now that you've experienced this first-hand, here's a video about it!
The thing about this--that video in particular--is that it makes lots of people go, "Hah! They're just stupid. Of course I would notice something like that!" It therefore bears mentioning that the subjects of the experiment in that video are all people at Harvard. And, of course, you can't possibly know whether you would notice something like that--because unless someone later directs your attention to it, like the person interviewing the subjects in the video, by its very nature you would have no idea. It's not like you could later think back and realize the difference. Your brain just doesn't register it.
In other news. Had the first rehearsal for Prologue today. You know, the song in which I am dancing? And I left basically feeling thus: I am better at pretending I can dance than I thought I was; however I need to be better at actually dancing not just for my sake but for the sake of my dance partner, who is counting on me to do my half of the dance competently. And also to not let her fall. Which is a very valid concern, considering how many times in this dance already the girls are doing something where they have to trust the guys with their weight. (Including one where, if dropped, they may very well land on their heads. Fun stuff.)
I have not yet however actually failed at anything (at least not to the point of dropping my dance partner) so there's hope for me yet.
...I have a dance partner. How weird is that? And I do have to give her a lot of credit because while I'm there struggling not to let her fall, she's actually doing all these things and trusting me not to drop her. So... yeah.
By the by, I'm being incredibly vague in describing this dancing not because I'm trying to keep it a mystery or something (though I wouldn't want to spoil it for all you people who are most definitely coming to see the OBOC show...!) but mostly because I have no idea how to describe dancing in the first place. I just try to follow directions.
Hey look I went the entire entry without directly mentioning how I woefully lack upper body strength! No wait--