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You're exactly right.

This is actually related to one of my pet peeves. I hate when people say they are good at multi-tasking.

You aren't. Multitasking isn't real. You are just good at switching tasks.

there has been research that suggests that people who say they are good at multi tasking are actually worse at it (or task switching) than people who say they are bad at multitasking.

Do you remember what the research was?

I keep having this argument about multitasking not being a real thing but I'd love some concrete research to back it up. I get the sense that people just feel more productive when "multitasking" Rather than recognizing the true cost of constant context switching.

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