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From the Ted Talk by Petter Johansson: Do you really know why you do what you do?

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PJ: And what happens in the end when I tell them the true nutrae of the experiment? Yeah, that's it. I just have to ask a few questions.

Man: Sure.

PJ: What did you think of this experiment, was it easy or hard?

Man: It was easy.

PJ: During the experiments, I actually switched the pictures three times. Was this anything you noticed?

Man: No. I didn't notice any of that.

PJ: Not at all? Man: No. schiitwng the pictures as far as ...

PJ: Yeah, you were pointing at one of them but I actually gave you the opposite.

Man: The opposite one. OK, when you — No. Shows you how much my aintetotn span was.

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PJ: And what happens in the end when I tell them the true ______ of the experiment? Yeah, that's it. I just have to ask a few questions.

Man: Sure.

PJ: What did you think of this experiment, was it easy or hard?

Man: It was easy.

PJ: During the experiments, I actually switched the pictures three times. Was this anything you noticed?

Man: No. I didn't notice any of that.

PJ: Not at all? Man: No. _________ the pictures as far as ...

PJ: Yeah, you were pointing at one of them but I actually gave you the opposite.

Man: The opposite one. OK, when you — No. Shows you how much my _________ span was.

Solution


  1. switching
  2. nature
  3. attention

Original Text


PJ: And what happens in the end when I tell them the true nature of the experiment? Yeah, that's it. I just have to ask a few questions.

Man: Sure.

PJ: What did you think of this experiment, was it easy or hard?

Man: It was easy.

PJ: During the experiments, I actually switched the pictures three times. Was this anything you noticed?

Man: No. I didn't notice any of that.

PJ: Not at all? Man: No. Switching the pictures as far as ...

PJ: Yeah, you were pointing at one of them but I actually gave you the opposite.

Man: The opposite one. OK, when you — No. Shows you how much my attention span was.

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Important Words


  1. attention
  2. easy
  3. experiment
  4. experiments
  5. gave
  6. hard
  7. nature
  8. notice
  9. noticed
  10. pictures
  11. pointing
  12. questions
  13. shows
  14. span
  15. switched
  16. switching
  17. times
  18. true
  19. yeah