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Famously, the Apollo Mission control team learned to handle multiple conversations stream simultaneously. The side effect was that going to cocktail parties was
by chrisbrandow 2mo ago
Famously, the Apollo Mission control team learned to handle multiple conversations stream simultaneously. The side effect was that going to cocktail parties was a nightmare, because they couldn’t turn it off.
- wellthisisgreat 2mo agothat's fascinating. Do you have any link to this tidbit?
- aidenn0 2mo agoDinners with my extended family are like this (everybody talking at the same time, most people participating in two simultaneous conversations). After moving away for college, my sister would not talk during dinners when visiting because she found it took her weeks to get back out of the habit again.
- vanderZwan 2mo agoAirport controllers (and similar positions for trains and metros) probably also suffer from this then