#322 - Predicting Reality
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content
The Importance of Attention in a Dynamic World
So attention in this case increased attention to the face here is a matter of giving a higher precision weight into the sensory input so as to overcome the illusion. Yeah, attention here can work either way. So it's not really just one balancing act. It's these, thousands of little balancing acts all the time. But yeah, that's the thought is that attention just is the process by which precision gets assigned.
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