One thing I know is that Kiwis can't do anything else while watching rugby, except drink beer!
Yes, there is always an exception to the rule. To watch rugby and drink beer at the same time. A handy skill to have.
I used to direct live TV shows on community access TV. After a while I became fairly good and could do everything in the control room that was required for the show. This included directing camera operators, selecting the on-line camera, monitoring and adjusting audio levels, and cueing up and playing tapes. Granted this was all to one purpose, but it was a variety of different tasks requiring different skills and certainly counts as multi-tasking. Professional studios would have at least one person assigned to each of those tasks plus one to oversee the whole thing.
I am still live cutting multiple (Five) cameras, tweaking audio levels and operating a chyron simultaneouly. However, I can't do it while drinking beer. Us kiwis do have our limitations.
While I do agree it is simple to carry out several tasks consciously at the same time, one cannot focus intently on Two tasks simultaneously (at the same instant) try holding your hand up and focusing on your thumb and little finger at the same time. It is easy to flick between the Two but once you try to focus on both at the same time it becomes something else, all
I see anyway is a hand. Maybe my eyes are too close together.
