<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Perception is not a camera pointed at reality. The... > Perception is not a camera pointed at reality. The brain selects, predicts, completes, and interprets, giving us a useful world rather than an exhaustive one; the practical question is which parts of reality our habits have trained us to omit. **Source:** [[livestreams/Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Workbook|Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Perception is not a camera pointed at reality. The brain selects, predicts, completes, and interprets, giving us a useful world rather than an exhaustive one; the practical question is which parts of reality our habits have trained us to omit.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-perception-camera-pointed-habits-trained-omit ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->