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The brain is notorious for cutting corners. It's been said we hallucinate the world based on the raw data we get from our senses. This is why you can have dreams that are indistinguishable from "reality."

The brain can save processing time ignoring "Berenstain" for "Berenstein" because the former is the exception out of the countless times we encounter the latter in everyday life. It's only under direct scrutiny or after being pointed out that the brain is forced to notice the difference.

This is the entire foundation of "slight of hand." If you know what to look for, you'll see the misdirection clearly and wonder how you've managed to miss it for all this time.

There is a psychology experiment called "the gorilla in the group." The subject is told to memorize what a group of people are doing and wearing. Then they were asked if they noticed anything strange. Most of the participants were so focused on the group of normal students, they didn't notice a man in a gorilla suit walk through the frame.

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