But, I must say, if anyone trying his best to count the passes couldnt see the gorilla, then I think the expectatations on what a cockpit crew are able to do in a high stress situation with a lot of stuff going on in the cockpit has to be signifcantly decreased.
Scary indeed.
Rubbish analogy.
To make this video exercise more like the flight situation, change it to one where the viewer must count the number of passes, but then introduce an impediment that momentarily, but repeatedly, blocks his vision. Give the viewer a means to permanently remove the impediment.
Does the viewer realise that his view is being regularly blocked? Does he activate the removal option before time runs out?