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What is the common context where humans are the most fooled, thinking they see/hear something quite different than they actually see/hear? That is, where are we most consistently wrong re our perceptions about common stuff?

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the constant blind spot in our vision that our brain fills in?

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But how often do our brains fill it in wrong?

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Nice example but not sure it answers

criteria. Most of the time, what gets 'filled into' the blindspot is ~identical to what's actually in it. We think we see it, but actually just "see" it (in-paint). So what? A lot of vision is in-painting of one kind or another

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