The metaphor you want is "color blindness," not "blind spot." — LessWrong
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x The metaphor you want is "color blindness," not "blind spot." — LessWrong Rationality Frontpage 176 The metaphor you want is "color blindness," not "blind spot." by Duncan Sabien (Inactive) 14th Feb 2022 4 min read 17 176 It's genuinely possible that the title is all you need; I was tempted to write nothing further. Feel free to take ten seconds and see if it's already clicked. If not, read on. When something is in your literal blind spot, it's invisible to you, but your brain stitches together everything else around it to make you think that you're seeing a complete picture. Reality: Blind
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