Organ, not buying this imprecise sort of language as being scientific. I see it as a shell game, a word play, to screw around with definitions to pretend to present knowledge. (Not your fault, I see a lot of it these days).
Multi-tasking ... "studies that show that we are not
really capable of such."
Note where I put the italics.
I will step aside from the hair splitting required to make the above statement, and watch as "argument by dueling definition" proceeds unfettered.
For those who don't fly, just be aware: a pilot flying an aircraft has to do a variety of things at the same time in order to achieve his objectives.
Anecdote: when learning how to fly instruments in the Huey, back in the early 80's, and doing NDB holding in a high wind, I once described it as a bit more complex than chewing gum and walking at the same time.
I found it more like chewing gum, walking, dribbling a basketball, and fanning yourself at the same time, all while being nagged at by your wife.
If that isn't an example of multitasking, then I wonder what
that word means.
PS: on the typing and drinking coffee, one can use a straw, or grip the edge of the cup in one's teeth and sip whilst typing with both hands. Alternately, one may use one hand to type for both hands, and use the other hand for the coffee. Or, one man hold the coffee cup in one's feet, sip, and type, or ... many ways to skin the cat.
