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Euvie Ivanova
@euvieivanova
Our eyes don't see what is there. Not even close. Here is a thread full of the ridiculous hacks our eyes and brains make to create a sense of complete and continuous vision.
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foone🏳️‍⚧️
@Foone
You want to know something about how bullshit insane our brains are? OK, so there's a physical problem with our eyes: We move them in short fast bursts called "saccades", right? very quick, synchronized movements. The only problem is: they go all blurry and useless during this
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Euvie Ivanova
@euvieivanova
The human brain and sensory networks have evolved to make you survive and breed, not to create an accurate representation of the world around you.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
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Yeah this stuff is fascinating science. It's also old news. I wish people would come to terms with it in a sane way, but that's also outside the framework of our standard code. Massively so, as biases had (and still have!) connections to traits that confer survival advantages.
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Euvie Ivanova
@euvieivanova
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@Triquetrea
Biases keep humanity alive. Example: the common bias where a man sees an attractive woman and automatically assumes she wants him. Evolutionary advantage: he is going to be more likely to confidently approach her, making procreation more likely. It's dead simple.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
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Sometimes it's dead simple. Often they are side-effects. Something useful involves compromise elsewhere -> compromise leads to (less relevant) defects -> defects accompany spread of useful trait. Sometimes the environment changes and the defects become major problems. Die-off.
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