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David Linden: How Come You’re So Special?

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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Is There a Subjectivity in Perception?

We can't help but compare ourselves. We are naturally comparative. The way this was brought home to me, in terms of my cancer diagnosis, was how i thought about life span. Five years of life still is perceived very differently depending on the context. So ano i would have something as fundamental as five years of lifeStill is a great example about how perception is inference. There's the ye as two donkeys that get bets. Oraa ha, ha. But you know, this is deeply human thing.

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