Absent-mindedness in popular culture The absent-minded professor is a stock character often depicted in fictional works, usually as a talented academic whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. This stereotypical view can be traced back as far as the philosopher Thales, who it is said, "walked at night with his eyes focused on the heavens and, as a result, fell down a well".Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, "Thales" One classic example of this is in the Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor made in 1963 and based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity , "  by Samuel W. Taylor. Two examples of this character portrayed in more modern media include doctor Emmett Brown from Back to the Future and Professor Farnsworth of Futurama. Amberglas from The Seven Towers by Patricia Wrede. Alicja, a character from Joanna Chmielewska's novels. Alicja is described by the author as "the epitome of absent-mindedness". Caboose, from the popular web-series Red vs. Blue by RoosterTeeth. Hay Lin is an absent-minded character from the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H.  , later made into an animated Disney production. Professor Calculus in The Adventures of Tintin comics. Mistakes and related phenomena Absent-mindedness can lead to automatic behaviors or automatisms. Additionally, absent-minded actions can involve behavioral mistakes. A phenomenon called Attention-Lapse Induced Alienation occurs when a person makes a mistake while absent-minded. The person then attributes the mistake to his or her hand rather than their self, because they were not paying attention.
Absent-mindedness in popular culture The absent-minded professor is a stock character often depicted in fictional works, usually as a talented academic whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. This stereotypical view can be traced back as far as the philosopher Thales, who it is said, "walked at night with his eyes focused on the heavens and, as a result, fell down a well".Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, "Thales" One classic example of this is in the Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor made in 1963 and based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity " , by Samuel W. Taylor. Two examples of this character portrayed in more modern media include doctor Emmett Brown from Back to the Future and Professor Farnsworth of Futurama. Amberglas from The Seven Towers by Patricia Wrede. Alicja, a character from Joanna Chmielewska's novels. Alicja is described by the author as "the epitome of absent-mindedness". Caboose, from the web series Red vs. Blue by RoosterTeeth. Hay Lin is an absent-minded character from the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H. W.I.T.C.H. , later made into an animated Disney production. Professor Calculus in The Adventures of Tintin comics. Mistakes and related phenomena Absent-mindedness can lead to automatic behaviors or automatisms. Additionally, absent-minded actions can involve behavioral mistakes. A phenomenon called Attention-Lapse Induced Alienation occurs when a person makes a mistake while absent-minded. The person then attributes the mistake to their hand rather than their self, because they were not paying attention.
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