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# Perception is predictive. The brain uses prior...
> Perception is predictive. The brain uses prior models to fill gaps, which makes expectation efficient and also capable of mistaking the familiar for the true.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Reflection, Perception, and the Dynamics We Create - Workbook|Reflection, Perception, and the Dynamics We Create]]
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“Perception is predictive. The brain uses prior models to fill gaps, which makes expectation efficient and also capable of mistaking the familiar for the true.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-perception-predictive-brain-mistaking-familiar-true
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