Examples Of Inattentional Blindness

This article is a compilation of historical events and speculation that provide the blurred lines between perception and truth. Neiberg refers to inattentional blindness in correlation to the way our mind perceives our own nation’s accomplishments and ideals. Inattentional blindness is the lack of attention to supposedly irrelevant information generally related to our visual perception; in the article's context, this was our mind’s perception of the information we receive. The article states that “only 30 percent of Canadians who went to war in 1914 were born in Canada”. We were told that many Canadians fought in WWI and this fact would still be true because these immigrants were indeed Canadian citizens. Although, realizing most Canadians in that war were not born
This is due to our minds filtering out information and pursuing nationalistic views. The article talked about an American commentator who says there is ““no real hatred” between Frenchmen and Germans”. This was in 1913, one year before an all out attack occurred between these two countries. Also before the “war to end all wars”, a French socialist said “This is going to be another Agadir. We shall have ups and downs. But this crisis will be resolved like the others” during a meeting to resolve the Germany-France confliction. All of these events display the way these people perceived their country’s ability based on past incidents and public opinions. Furthermore, Neiberg wanted us to see that throughout history, inattentional blindness had blurred reality due to nationalism.

I completely agree with Neiberg’s views because it is clear to me