A paradigm shift is often referred to as
someone's perception of their
environment changes. For example, if you participate in
extreme sports such as
skating or
biking you often start noticing
ledges and other things to
ride. If you
B.A.S.E. jump, you start noticing
high places to
hurl yourself off of. The idea is that something that seemed perfectly
normal and
ordinary before, has now been
transformed into something
usefull or
interesting.
Paradigm shifts are interesting because you start noticing things you hadn't prior to the shift, and you realize what has happened. Try talking to someone with a different 'paradigm' then you, they'll notice things you never would have glanced at twice, and you'll point out things that they would probably not have caught on to. Another way this can affect someone is as simple as learning a new word, and they start noticing that word right and left. This probably contributes alot to the phrase "Two heads are better than one."
Thanks to: Pyromancer