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The range of human perceptual experiences (with Anil Seth)
Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
The Different Definitions of Accuracy
If we think about our perceptions as being inaccurate with respect to what's actually out there, I think there are different ways it can be inaccurate. One is compression. It's not that useful to see every single molecule. You want to compress it all and say, that's a tiger. That's much more useful. A third way you can be inaccurate to what's out there is by having an experience that doesn't have an objective truth value. So just relying on accuracy and compression, I think, only tells us part of the story.
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