Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We ar…

Carl Sagan
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Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.43, Ballantine Books
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Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone. ✨ Carl Sagan (2011). Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, p.43, Ballantine Books

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