Count how many white shirts catch the ball

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AntiEverything

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15 + Gorilla

I will admit, I didn't notice the gorilla until he got in the way of seeing one of the passes at which point I thought "Huh. There's a gorilla. WTF."
 

NogginBoink

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I got 14 and the gorilla. Though I only saw the gorilla for a second and didn't notice it walking into or out of the frame.
 

JoLLyRoGer

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Originally posted by: dug777
I got 14 times, and didn't see any fvcking gorilla :p

I counted 14 too and I did see the gorilla. The site called Shens after I answered the step two questions, but I don't give a fvck, I know what I saw.
 

SMOGZINN

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14 + my ex GF :)

This is sometimes used to try to prove reconstructive memory, the concept that memory fills in blanks with what it expects to see. It is also a good example of perceptual filter, the concept that the brain is REALLY good at filtering out stimuli to focus, which is the reason you can hear your name being said on the other side of a crowded room and pretty much point in the direction it came from.
 

dullard

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15 and the gorrilla was easy to spot. One of the 15 was basically the ball being handed from one person to another (not passed) out of view, but since a different person had it, you have to count it as a pass.
 

jjzelinski

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14, did not see the gorilla. In fact I at first thought it was BS and it was simply a different video until I realized that the video had cached from the first time since it didn't have to DL again.
 

dderidex

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Yeah, not sure what the deal was.

Do people REALLY get that task focused that they miss things like that?

I counted 14 and saw the gorilla the first time.

??
 

gsellis

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Originally posted by: dderidex
Yeah, not sure what the deal was.

Do people REALLY get that task focused that they miss things like that?

I counted 14 and saw the gorilla the first time.

??
IIRC, about 30-40% of the folks do get that task oriented.
 

habib89

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yah, 14 passes, and a gorilla... that's too bad he doesn't believe me.. he must be a pretty retarded dr
 

venk

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15 and a Gorilla. I can't believe anyone missed the gorilla. :Q I mean the thing stood there and started dancing for a moment!

YOu have to count by the number of times the ball changes hands, not by the number of times it is in the air.
 

EGGO

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15 x with a Gorilla (well a man wearing a gorilla suit).

I thought 14 but I caught a time when a white person had a ball that I last saw a black person with so I counted it as one.
 

DainBramaged

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Well done. You know what? I don't really believe you. But who knows? Maybe you are really gifted viewers

I was counting and all of the sudden I realized that there was a monster in the middle of the court. I was like WTF? I didn't get it until the end.
 

godmare

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Originally posted by: Qwest
" Well done. You know what? I don't really believe you. But who knows? Maybe you are really gifted viewers."

wtf? i dont think it was that difficult to observe. to each his own.

ditto