Multitasking: Are You Under the Influence?

The grand delusion that is known as multitasking can be defined as this: The attempt to consciously perform two or more tasks at the same time.
Notice the italics for the word “consciously,” because your subconscious mind happens to be a master at multitasking.
In fact, with effortless ease and with no input from your conscious mind, your subconscious mind can perform billions of calculations per second as it orchestrates your heart rate, body temperature, digestion, and everything else required to keep you alive, and while it’s doing all that, you can safely toss it the task of driving your automobile while you cruise down the highway daydreaming.
Your “conscious” mind however, is incapable of multiple, simultaneous calculations. It can do one thing at a time. That’s it. If you’re about to protest by citing examples of your ability to watch TV while writing a report then you’ve landed on the very point of this writing … because that belief is the delusion.
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