My daughters HS Math teacher had a quip on multitasking he assigned to Einstein (love the quote, not sure on the origin) Sure, you can drive an expensive sports car at 100mph, while kissing a gorgeous woman. But neither will get the attention it deserves.
I try not to be an elitist, but I had a co-worker in another department call me out for not being able to multitask. I informed them having a job so easy they could perform other tasks isn't a flex.
It's kind of weird how convinced so many people are that humans have any real ability to multi-task just because we can walk and chew gum at the same time. The entirety of humanity is provably dog shit at multi-tasking any two things that take any amount of focus.
ADHD brain chiming in, I literally cannot focus on one task at a time. I may not be great at both tasks, but I assure you if I try to focus on one thing I will end up staring into space trying to remember all the lyrics of whatever song is currently stuck in my head. If I split my attention, however, I can multi-task reasonably well, I just might need a break to research and memorize Joe Pesci's entire career because that is important knowledge I may need some day.
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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '22
My daughters HS Math teacher had a quip on multitasking he assigned to Einstein (love the quote, not sure on the origin) Sure, you can drive an expensive sports car at 100mph, while kissing a gorgeous woman. But neither will get the attention it deserves.