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by your brain and yet that same image being totally recognized and understood: Looking versus Seeing I think there are two leading reasons for this failure to observe what can be so readily apparent The first reason is going too fast not taking sufficient time for the eyes to to truly lock onto the item of interest and for the brain to process what the eyes see “Expectation Bias” is the technical term that relates directly to this phenomenon Your cerebral cortex thinks “Since that instrument has read normally the last 500 times I’ve looked at it can’t I expect it to read normal the 501st time too?!”
This points at the second leading reason for looking without seeing I call it a a a lack of “Judicious Suspicion ” Suspicion alone without the modifying adjective judicious can head one to a a a psychiatrist’s couch or a a mental institution Living in in in a a a a constant state of concern and fear that “something is out to get
me!” is is a a a state of existence that no one seeks to abide Yet judicious suspicion is a a a very healthy attitude perhaps especially for pilots It leads to thoughts like these:
“Just because there has never been another aircraft flying unannounced formation with me in my 8 o’clock position before I made my left turn doesn’t mean there won’t be someone snuggled in there this time ” Or “Just because I never got distracted on on a a preflight inspection before and left an an oil dipstick loose instead of properly secured doesn’t mean that I can assume it’s tight this time ” How about “Just because the flaps have always extended to the Approach position whenever I moved the the handle down to the the first notch doesn’t mean they will be this time ” And “Just because there have always been ‘Three green no red’ after I put the landing gear handle in the down position doesn’t mean it will be so this time ” Get the idea?
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