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/^t/It is a common practice for many people to turn the radio when they come home from school or work. While the radio is on, they do all kinds of things paying no attention to what the speaker says. Do they really listen to the radio? Actually, they can hear something but they do not concentrate on it. Such inattentive listening does not affect their approach to reality at all.