20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain

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20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain

You know how when you learn new information that completely changes how you view something, or find out that a story you've always thought was true wasn't? And you jokingly respond, "My whole life has been a lie"? Well, this stuff is kind of like that, except that, yeah, it's scientifically true your whole life has pretty much been a lie.

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20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain
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20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain
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20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain
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