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  1. Target Fixation

    Target Fixation

    March 01, 2018

    Following along from last week's adventures of lawn-darting. A topic to consider is you will hit what you look at.

    This goes back to when you learned to ride a bike, when you see a log on your path and you keep looking at it, you generally hit it. Those of you that drive motorcycles know about pot-holes and other obstacles have the same attraction.

    The same thing happens when flying.

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