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Ep10 "Why is it so hard to spot a counterfeit bill?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Limits of Vision

We're not generally aware of what's going on until we ask the question. Your brain perceives things on a need-to-know basis. You don't continuously track the position of your tongue in your consciousness because that knowledge is only useful in rare circumstances. Just like with changed blindness, we are unaware of most of what should be obvious to our senses.

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