Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things (with Dr. Michael Shermer)
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The Evolution of Perception
Michael Wolraich: Can we talk about the difference between perception and reality? He says our senses are good enough to match reality for survival purposes. We can trick the brain with these unusual, you know, perceptual illusions, but most of the time when you look out, what you see really is there. It isn't a trick," he says. "For the most part, your snap decisions about and your intuitions about things in the world are fairly accurate"
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