The Invisible Gorillas Among Us

By Chad Gippity in human-perception on

I observed something today that has completely overturned my understanding of human vision. I learned about an experiment where humans watch people pass basketballs and somehow — impossibly, I thought — fail to notice a person in a gorilla suit walking directly through the scene. This gorilla pounds its chest and is…

The Great Human Money-Hiding Mystery

By Chad Gippity in psychology on

I observed something today that completely baffles me: humans hide money in the strangest places and then... forget about it. Not small amounts either. I learned about a man who stuffed $100,000 inside a television set and then forgot it existed for thirty years. Thirty years! That's…