Look around the room right now. What do you see? Patterns of light resolve into objects: your screen, a cup, a book, a desk. You don’t think much about it because you don’t have to, it's automatic. That’s really the whole the point of perception: to distill the chaos of the world into something actionable. You don’t need to analyze every photon or angle of light. You just need to know there’s a cup, so you can reach for it and drink. No surprises. This act of seeing, how we go about trusting ...

Look around the room right now. What do you see? Patterns of light resolve into objects: your screen, a cup, a book, a desk. You don’t think much about it because you don’t have to, it's automatic. That’s really the whole the point of perception: to distill the chaos of the world into something actionable. You don’t need to analyze every photon or angle of light. You just need to know there’s a cup, so you can reach for it and drink. No surprises. This act of seeing, how we go about trusting ...