The Invisible Gorilla — Why We Miss the Obvious | Crisis in Perception Deep Dive

Crisis in Perception · Dec 19, 2025 · 39m

In this episode of Crisis in Perception, we examine The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.This book reveals how profoundly limited and deceptive human intuition can be, even when we feel confident in what we see, remember, and understand. Through famous experiments and real-world cases, the authors show that perception is not a faithful recording of reality—but a fragile, selective construction.This Deep Dive explores:Inattentional blindness and the illusion of attentionWhy people miss obvious events—even shocking ones—when focused elsewhereThe illusion of memory and…