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The majority of human beings live their whole lives unaware that they are only seeing a limited cone of vision at any moment.

The majority of human beings live their whole lives unaware that they are only seeing a limited cone of vision at any moment.

David Eagleman
Vision, Majority, Moments
David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.31, Vintage

Vision is more than looking.

David Eagleman
Vision
David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.35, Vintage

Because vision appears so effortless, we are like fish challenged to understand water.

David Eagleman
Water, Vision, Fishes
David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain”, p.30, Canongate Books

Those with Anton's syndrome are not pretending they are not blind; they truly believe they are not blind. Their verbal reports, while inaccurate, are not lies. Instead, they are experiencing what they take to be vision, but it is all internally generated.

David Eagleman
Lying, Believe, Vision
David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.61, Vintage

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