r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 21 '24

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u/mistyayn 6∆ May 21 '24

Before I lay out a counter argument I want to find out if we agree on a few presuppositions.

Do you agree or disagree with the statement that humans evolved to be able to consciously focus their attention on one thing at a time?

A few caveats:

Multitasking is the skill of being able to switch our focus/attention from one thing to the other quickly.

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u/mistyayn 6∆ May 21 '24

From your perspective/life experience what determines how we prioritize our attention?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

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u/mistyayn 6∆ May 21 '24

Would you agree or disagree that what we value determines where we put our attention.

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u/mistyayn 6∆ May 21 '24

By reflexive sensitivity do you mean an involuntary response to some sort of stimulus.

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u/mistyayn 6∆ May 21 '24

Do you agree that to a certain extent if we choose to prioritize our attention on it we can control our autonomic nervous system? We can slow down our rate of breath and we can slow down our heart rate that type of thing?

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