Victor GijsbersWhy is apparently seen as acceptabele in #academia to go to a talk, open your laptop, and then work on totally unrelated stuff while the speaker is talking? I find this unbelievably rude, but I see it all the time.
Fuzzy Leapfrog@victorgijsbers I am neurospicy and can't follow a talk without e.g. solving nonograms or sudokus. It's sad that everyone things that is disrespectful but I live with that. Additionally, not every talk of a session might be interesting, but instead of walking in and out during sessions, having people to stand up and creating noise, I maybe read through one talk. What I actually find rude is people talking in the audience or typing really loud, i.e. creating a distraction for others.
@fuzzyleapfrog Actually, of somebody was solving non-verbal puzzles like a sudoku, that wouldn't bother me much, since it is indeed possible to listen to a talk and do that (and for some people it helps with concentration). But when people are answering their emails, or typing articles, or whatever... they're definitely not listening to the talk at the same time.
zombiecide@victorgijsbers @fuzzyleapfrog see, people are different. If I was solving sudoku I wouldn't be paying attention.
Reading/writing plus listening to unrelated content in a narrative/conversational form in the same language or German/English is often needed to match my focus to the current input, possibly puzzles that use visual memory; crafts for audiovisual input - if I listen/watch "attentively" to a talk/lesson without doing anything else, I just drift into daydreams
@zombiecide That's super interesting. Thank you for adding this perspective. You really can't tell what distracts someone else or helps them focus instead.