Christopher Chabris
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Nov 1, 2026
Carl NicholsHOST
Now we can read that you read the message because some of y'all didn't turn off your notices on your phone, right? So we make excuses all the time, don't we? Fascinating study I read.
Carl NicholsHOST
1999, two researchers, Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, conducted a now famous experiment.
Carl NicholsHOST
This is fascinating to me.
Carl NicholsHOST
They showed people a video of people passing basketballs to each other.
Kelly PaxtonHOST
Like his, yeah, his stuff is great.
Kelly PaxtonHOST
And you know, what's interesting is right when you were saying that I was sitting there thinking, cause I, one of my favorite books is nobody's fool by Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris about not being taken is fraudsters are really good salespeople.
Laura HollowayGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Laura HollowayGUEST
Oh, yeah, they are.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
Sure.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
So there's this fabulous experiment by Dan Simons and Chris Chabris.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
And if your listeners are avid readers, as I know you are and I am, you will enjoy the book The Invisible Gorilla by these two researchers, and they dig into this study, but also a lot of other related studies.
Yael SchonbrunGUEST
But the study itself had participants...
JohnHOST
Hello, dear friends.
JohnHOST
Today, I'm so excited to host the legendary podcast host, the king of all chess podcasts, the perpetual chess podcast host, Ben Johnson.
JohnHOST
Ben, a very warm welcome to the show.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
What I'm most interested in is fresh ideas and new content.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
And obviously there's sort of a never-ending torrent of chess content coming out these days.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
So in that regard, it's become a bit more of a balancing act where people who I'm old friends with, who I've interviewed previously, You know, might have content coming out that they're excited to talk about.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
But then I'm also, as you're doing on your show, always looking for fresh voices and fresh perspectives.
Ben JohnsonGUEST
But I mean, one thing I've done since the early days is I always keep an eye on upcoming books.
speaker_0HOST
Yes.
speaker_0HOST
You know, I will invite Christopher Chabris at some point to this podcast.
speaker_0HOST
And he also did so much about this, right? The invisible gorilla and the entire effects.
speaker_0HOST
Fascinating.
speaker_0HOST
yes i mean as you know i've been following lots of blogs myself to to to catch on what's going on there and your blog really attracted my attention also your post on twitter and so on because you were definitely trying to let's say break the code of chess improvement by your insights also from science you made a make it stick episode with ben johnson that yeah book about learning science super interesting by the way i recommend to everyone of you guys to listen to that episode so it was always in my mind nick to invite to this show
Nick VasquezGUEST
I think it's just you and what Christopher Chabris are the cognitive scientists who actually play chess.
Nick VasquezGUEST
Maybe there's more, but I think you guys bring such a fascinating approach from the cognitive science, watching brains struggle to kind of make sense of chess.
Nick VasquezGUEST
I'm really happy that you're part of it.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Microsoft Canada Research claimed attention spans had declined from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds by 2015.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Cognitive scientists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons argue that what changed is not neurological capacity but habit-induced behavior.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
The threshold required to earn sustained engagement was altered.
Jeffrey O. BrownNARRATOR
Quote, people can pay attention for long periods when something grabs them.