We are tricked all the time. I recently read Incognito by David Eagleman. It’s a great book, exploring how our frontal-cortex is really the decision maker for our ‘un-conscious’ processes, which composes the majority of our conscious life. I highly recommend it.
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Awesome! I’ve seen something similar to this before and I still don’t understand how my eyes could be so badly tricked!
We are tricked all the time. I recently read Incognito by David Eagleman. It’s a great book, exploring how our frontal-cortex is really the decision maker for our ‘un-conscious’ processes, which composes the majority of our conscious life. I highly recommend it.