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minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·6 months agoBrain uses expectations to decide what to fill perception with. you don’t expect hands to be the same red tone as cola cans.
minus-squarehalf_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoI think it’s also the amount of blue overlay. If you zoom way in, the cola can has much larger chunks of uninterrupted white, whereas the hand has a lot more blue interspersed.
minus-squareRinseDrizzle@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoFair point, well observed!
Brain uses expectations to decide what to fill perception with. you don’t expect hands to be the same red tone as cola cans.
I think it’s also the amount of blue overlay. If you zoom way in, the cola can has much larger chunks of uninterrupted white, whereas the hand has a lot more blue interspersed.
Fair point, well observed!