In everyday life, people fail to see something that can later cause them to get in trouble or even fatal. There is a fact that the authors mentioned in chapter 1, about how there are many accidents related to motorcycles happened because of the illusion of attention. The motorcycles are not commonly used in the United States. So, many car drivers do not expect to see a motorcycle when they are driving, and because of this reason they fall for the illusion of attention (14). In the past news, there was a new about a woman got hit by a train because she had her headphone on with loud music. The headphone and high volume stopped her from listening to the sound of the train that is coming right at her. This is significant because she was only paying attention to her phone and music instead of her surrounding, which leads to her death is an example of the illusion of attention. The significant of this illusion is to show how dangerous the illusion of attention can affect our life and the life of people around us. If the society understands more about this illusion, then the accidents that can take away people life will be minimized. Because people will be more ready to expect the unexpected events to happen. In addition, even though the illusion of attention can be fatal sometimes, however, it is not the most important illusion in this
In everyday life, people fail to see something that can later cause them to get in trouble or even fatal. There is a fact that the authors mentioned in chapter 1, about how there are many accidents related to motorcycles happened because of the illusion of attention. The motorcycles are not commonly used in the United States. So, many car drivers do not expect to see a motorcycle when they are driving, and because of this reason they fall for the illusion of attention (14). In the past news, there was a new about a woman got hit by a train because she had her headphone on with loud music. The headphone and high volume stopped her from listening to the sound of the train that is coming right at her. This is significant because she was only paying attention to her phone and music instead of her surrounding, which leads to her death is an example of the illusion of attention. The significant of this illusion is to show how dangerous the illusion of attention can affect our life and the life of people around us. If the society understands more about this illusion, then the accidents that can take away people life will be minimized. Because people will be more ready to expect the unexpected events to happen. In addition, even though the illusion of attention can be fatal sometimes, however, it is not the most important illusion in this