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May I Have Your Attention Please

The dwindling attention span of a human should bring us insight into what may be looming.. Recent studies reveal that it's eight seconds now. I'm struggling to finish this thought some how.. If one put a human brain on a petrie dish, I guess it's now equal to a goldfish.. Look it up on fact checker if you think it's a lie. You'll discover that nine seconds has a butterfly..

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Jan Allison

Date: 9/20/2023 9:00:00 AM

... and how many seconds for a dragonfly... just asking for a friend lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 9/20/2023 1:32:00 PM

I first heard it on Funny you should ask while at the gym and then in James Patterson's autobiography recently. I was quite surprised and wonder how did they measure the butter fly? Lol..Haven't a clue about the dragonfly Jan.

Stephan McBride

Date: 9/20/2023 7:45:00 AM

: ). Glad you wrote this so I could go back many times and read : )

Nancy Kaufman
Date: 9/20/2023 1:32:00 PM

LOL Stephan. It's amazing to hear this. May the whole planet has a.d.d. now?