Thread: Pointless, yet fun...

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Interesting analogy to some firearms accidents too, where people haven't realised the mental shortcuts and assumptions they're making (ie with target ID) until its too late, and sometimes not even then.

I read somewhere that your eyes are only able to focus on about 20% of what we are able to see. The brain simply makes up the rest based on prior memory. So 80% of what we see, isn't actually "what we see".

It's no wonder we end up doing a double take from time to time, like last time I was up K-Road in Auckland...could have sworn it was a woman at first glance