Awareness Test

• Nick
  April 17th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

  the original video shown at TED is way better than this, but unfortunately, it has been removed from online….

• bean
  April 17th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

  Even this video is old enough to start collecting a pension, but it’s worth seeing once.

• Parker
  April 17th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

  I want my own moonwalking bear to follow me as I walk down the street to maul all the cyclists that almost run me over because they think they can run red lights.

• Tim
  April 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

  The idea is completely stolen. The original was created (and copywrited) in 1999. I think I first saw it in 2000.

  Here’s a writeup that contains a link to the original.
  http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=906

• Christophe
  April 17th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

  The gorilla was much cuter

• Brian
  April 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm

  yep, the one with the gorrila is the one I remember

• avist
  April 18th, 2008 at 1:28 am

  I think I’ve seen the one with the gorilla, but that doesn’t stop me from getting the point they’re making!

  I actually had to rewind the actual film and see for myself that the bear was there the first time! I’m amazed everytime.

• Jitterbuggery
  April 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

  Actually, the original is a psychology of attention classic filmed in the 70’s (I think) involving a girl walking through with an umbrella. It is shown to almost every intro to psych class out there. I like the message on this video though, clever use of a well known phenomenon to get a point across.

• Anne
  April 18th, 2008 at 2:06 pm

  Saw the gorilla one at a lifeguard training to remind us to look out for drowning people. Oddly, drowning people is what I look out for.

• CheeseDuck
  April 18th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

  Woah. There was a moonwalking bear?

• Alannah
  April 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

  *Anne*

  Yes, but did you notice the drowning moonwalking bear?

• ted
  April 20th, 2008 at 6:46 am

  Not a real bear.

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