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This makes sense, when we can see clearly our brain isn't tasked with 'filling in the blanks'. The brain is so interesting.
Comment by untempered at 04/02/2025 at 22:04 UTC*
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Our brain is always filling in blanks. Most of what you think you see right now is your brain filling in blanks. The only area where we have decent resolution vision at all is in the fovea; the rest is the brain filling in details from memory, other senses, and guesses. Blinking, blind spots, peripheral vision color, saccades, and more are all places where the brain just... makes stuff up, even if you have perfect vision and a neurotypical brain.
Comment by BobMortimersButthole at 04/02/2025 at 22:04 UTC
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I'm hard of hearing and my brain fills in weird phrases when I don't wear my hearing aid. I generally hear the correct number of syllables but the things I hear are wildly wrong.
Comment by za72 at 05/02/2025 at 05:01 UTC
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it's a pattern recognition organ... with all the pitfalls and false negatives you can imagine
Comment by Thunderclapsasquatch at 05/02/2025 at 16:42 UTC
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when we can see clearly our brain isn't tasked with 'filling in the blanks'. The brain is so interesting.
It does taht *when you can see* your brain relies on the fact that most of what you see changes very slowly