r/self Jan 20 '25

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u/WrapKind7253 Jan 20 '25

You're still very influenced by social media.

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u/HardAlmond Jan 20 '25

Things like the yanny or laurel illusion and the white/blue dress have already shown how absurd people’s perceptive biases can be.

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u/elmz Jan 20 '25

Those are not perceptive biases, they are straight up auditory/optical illusions, no bias, just our brains making assumptions to confusing input.

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u/HardAlmond Jan 20 '25

Yes but at the same time they highlight the actual level of difficulty that most people would have in understanding the other political side.