# Perception Is an Active Construction by Bryant McGill > “Perception is an active construction. The brain selects, predicts, and fills in, producing a useful world that leaves much out. The practical question is which parts of reality habit has trained the mind to skip.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream (Dec 2015)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream|Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity|Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream|Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Perception as Intelligence Object|Human Perception as Intelligence Object]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Perception is an active construction. The brain selects, predicts, and fills in, producing a useful world that leaves much out. The practical question is which parts of reality habit has trained the mind to skip.” — Bryant McGill, Letting Go, Selection Bias, and the Life You Learn to See - Livestream (Dec 2015) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-perception-active-construction ```