We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it.
Daniel GilbertMy friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.
Daniel GilbertPsychologists call this habituation, economists call it declining marginal utility, and the rest of us call it marriage.
Daniel GilbertBecause your brain uses information from the areas around the blind spot to make a reasonable guess about what the blind spot would see if only it weren't blind, and then your brain fills in the scene with this information. That's right, it invents things, creates things, makes stuff up! It doesn't consult you about this, doesn't seek your approval. It just makes its best guess about the nature of the missing information and proceeds to fill in the scene.
Daniel Gilbert