Knock out the false claims on noticing
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- You see, but you do not observe. Three of these claims about that line are false.
- Choices
- Item
- Observing means noting the detail
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- The line separates noticing from eyesight, not one pair of eyes from another.
- Item
- Observing means having sharper eyes
- Explanation
- The line is drawn to keep the two apart, so they cannot be the same.
- Item
- Seeing and observing mean the same
- Explanation
- Nothing in the line ties the difference to the hour or the light.
- Item
- Observing only happens in daylight
- Instructions
- Tap the three false claims about the quoted line on seeing and observing.
Explanation
_Source: Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), A Scandal in Bohemia_
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