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> "In general, we're least aware of what our minds do best", he wrote, and added "we're more aware of simple processes that don't work well than of complex ones
by nico 7y ago
> "In general, we're least aware of what our minds do best", he wrote, and added "we're more aware of simple processes that don't work well than of complex ones that work flawlessly"
Fascinating, that could in a way be interpreted to imply that our conscious attention/perception is focused on the things that our minds cannot predict/control and everything else is "automated" (subconscious).
That could also be related to our perception of uncertainty and the way we deal with it. Our attention tends to be focused on what we are the most uncertain of.
- shandor 7y agoTo expand on your point, anecdotally it seems that the human mind works in the same way in other contexts, too. For example: - "Grass is always greener on the other side" - "You only fully appreciate great things when you lose them" - All the people getting anxious or even depressed because social media constantly barrages us with the perfect pictures of perfect peoples' perfect lives, all the while forgetting that on many objective scales the fact that you're even able to get depressed by something like that puts you in the jackpot-winners category in the lottery of life compared to a huge percent of the world's population.