YOUR BRAIN JUST DELETED SOMETHING

We like to think we see everything in front of us.

We don’t.

When our attention is concentrated on one task, surprisingly obvious things can happen right in front of us without reaching conscious awareness.

Your eyes are working.

Your brain is simply deciding what deserves admission.

This explains several important human experiences.

Such as spending six minutes looking for the glasses already on your face.

Or asking:

“Where’s my phone?”

while holding your phone.

The human brain is an astonishing piece of biological machinery.

It is also perfectly capable of hiding your own glasses from you.