Awareness Test - Neatorama

Go ahead and take the Awareness Test. Trust me - it's worth it - and trust me that it's not of the genre to calm you down and then terrify you with a screaming monster head or something. Scouts honor. I promise. Nope. YouTube.

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

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

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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.

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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

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The gorilla was much cuter ;)

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Woah. There was a moonwalking bear?

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*Anne*

Yes, but did you notice the drowning moonwalking bear?

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Not a real bear.

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