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 ...