@neiltyson Well, yeah, but that's kind of a wide category, of which optical illusions is a subset.
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@neiltyson hitler was atheist -
@Robbie_gr@neiltyson no, he was catholic -
@DarioMoises9 he was actually atheist -
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@DarioMoises9 he wrote the atheist bible.
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@neiltyson But wouldn’t ‘optical illusions’ be a mere subset of ‘brain failures’?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Nah, we need to reserve "brain failures" to describe the thoughts, beliefs and actions of conservatives.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Many illusions are artifacts of our visual system trying hard to anticipate a busy world. “
@neiltyson "optical illusions” = “brain failures”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Without honesty, science can hardly be practiced at all.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson failures? meh. more like "features"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson "Interpretation Failures" is more apt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Was waiting for your comment on this topic!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Sorry to completely disagree. Illusions are side effects of an amazing perceptual system that works very well most of the time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson this tweet is a brain failure.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Optical illusions are no brain failures. Just acceptable bugs due to a brain optimized for performance.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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