| By now you may have already taken the Invisible | | | | be able to focus our conscious mind to see what may |
| Gorilla Test that is floating around the internet. This test | | | | transpire in the future. This is not as difficult as you |
| was devised to detect how observant people are for | | | | may think. You don't need to be a seer or a |
| other effects then what they were told to watch for. | | | | fortuneteller to pull this feat off. It only takes a bit of |
| During the Gorilla Test you have two teams that are | | | | imagination and you will be well on your way. |
| passing a basketball from one to another. You are | | | | Suppose that Iranian ships are sighted on their way |
| requested to supply an answer to a simple question | | | | towards the eastern coast of America. They may |
| such as how many times do the white team members | | | | perhaps be heading towards Cuba, but even then that |
| pass the ball. Sounds pretty simple doesn't it. It in | | | | would not be a good sign for a survivalist. We have to |
| essence is simple however, the originators of the | | | | believe that something is afoot and take the proper |
| experiment decided to toss in a monkey wrench (no | | | | precautions. I would think that when information such |
| pun intended) into the program and poses the question | | | | as that is discovered it would trigger our survival |
| of whether you noticed the gorilla which walked out on | | | | instincts and cause specific reactions. In my opinion, |
| the stage and pounded its hands on its chest. | | | | that would be a fine time to take a vacation towards |
| The results of this test reveals how people tend to | | | | the western part of the country. I personally would |
| focus more on specifics then to see the whole picture. | | | | pack up my bug out vehicle, get the family together |
| The study showed that about half of the viewers of | | | | and head away from the eastern seaboard as quickly |
| the gorilla video failed to observe the man in the ape | | | | as possible. Who cares if it's a false alarm and nothing |
| suit entering the stage and then leaving. | | | | happens. Not me. I would rather be safe then sorry. |
| As survivalists we must conquer this tendency to | | | | It becomes vital that we be able to read between the |
| overlook the more obvious elements of a situation. | | | | lines of our evening newscasts and the world affairs |
| "Inattentional blindness," as it is labeled could result in | | | | speculations. I have said this before and I shall continue |
| dangerous situations for yourself and your family in the | | | | to stress how vital this feature of survival really is. |
| event of a manmade or national disaster. We have to | | | | Anticipate what the enemy is about to do. Don't wait |
| condition ourselves to not subconsciously ignore details | | | | until it's too late to act. |
| despite how small they may appear to be when we | | | | As an example, Delaware basically has three routes |
| are looking at the whole situation. Although we could | | | | for entrance and exit from the state. If you wait until a |
| rationalize to ourselves over and over why we had | | | | formal notice is provided by the authorities to evacuate |
| not foreseen a condition approaching it does no good | | | | the area you could perhaps end up on the highway |
| what so ever once the damage has been done. | | | | stopped as traffic bottlenecks as everyone makes |
| Not only do we need to develop a sense of seeing | | | | their way out of the state. Leave ahead and avoid the |
| everything around us but we must at the same time | | | | rush. |