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Old April 7th 12, 03:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
gpsman
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Default Motion induced blindness...

On Apr 7, 9:50*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
gpsman writes:
Wrong, and nonsensical.


They see cars and obstacles, but not motorcycles and pedestrians.


Non sequitur.

That's not
because of any fatigue in the retina or elsewhere in the vision system.


Straw man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inattentional_blindness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_Blink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentional_shift
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_blindness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception


Ah yes, Wikipedia ... the final authority when it supports you, and amateur
nonsense when it doesn't.


Straw man. Your ignorance is willful.
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- gpsman