> “They’re switching back and forth. They don’t notice the switching because their brain sort of papers it over to give a seamless experience of consciousness,

> “They’re switching back and forth. They don’t notice the switching because their brain sort of papers it over to give a seamless experience of consciousness, but what they’re actually doing is switching and reconfiguring their brain moment-to-moment, task-to-task – [and] that comes with a cost.” This sounds very similar to multi-threaded programming :-) Joking aside, great article!