First of all, L\u2019shana Tova!\u00a0 Happy 5772!\u00a0 Which by no means should be taken to indicate my belief that the world is 5,772 years old.<\/p>\n
On to the topic at hand\u2026<\/p>\n
There is a widespread misconception that we can always trust our senses to tell us the truth about the world.\u00a0 But human beings don\u2019t work like that.\u00a0 We possess very complex, pattern-seeking cognition mechanisms.\u00a0 Our brain is constantly taking in an enormous amount of information that needs to be interpreted and classified.\u00a0 I\u2019m currently reading Michael Shermer\u2019s new book, The Believing Brain<\/a><\/i>, in which he presents a solid account of why and how our brains function with regard to beliefs and assumptions about the world.\u00a0 He also talks about the kinds of evidence that are presented by believers as proof for the existence of God.\u00a0 They are inevitably based upon personal experiences or revelations recorded by so called eye-witnesses.<\/p>\n Now to the fun part of this post.<\/p>\n Many of you have undoubtedly heard about the famous video experiment in which several basketball players pass a ball around and the subject is asked to count the passes.\u00a0 Before you read the rest of this, take a look at an updated version, even if you\u2019ve seen or participated in this before.<\/p>\n