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Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman
The Concept of Adaptation in the Visual System and the Possibility of Invisible Parts of the World
Exploring how the brain adapts to unchanging stimuli and prioritizes detecting movement or transformation, using reptile visual systems and the waterfall illusion as examples. Speculating on the possibility of certain parts of the world being invisible due to our visual system's adaptation and the concept of successful adaptation making regularities invisible.
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