And FWIW, which often isn't much in the realm of science, it makes sense that it could be important from a survival standpoint to hide some hypothetical lower structures which, say, count 87 toothpicks, and just send to the upper level an exectutive summary, like 'lots of toothpicks'. Considering what kludges biological things are, it wouldn't surprise me if researchers found that's what was going on.
After an experience with LSD and related reading, I agree. For example, human vision has filters that remove much of the visual information and only leaves the essentials. LSD turns these filters off which is one reason you start to see interesting things. It also accelerates your pattern recognition abilities. However, the amount of information is quite overwhelming. It's hard to think deeply or do anything creative while on acid, because of the increased sensory input.
Having been in a position to...ahem...stare at such textures...I agree with you. Tuning out the detail makes it easier to see the 'that lion's about to eat me' picture.
We probably relatively easily count the approximate number of toothpicks in a pile very well (using sight only).
It is much more complex for a computer to determine if the pile contains "lots" or "very few" toothpicks in so much as that value is very context specific.
I fully agree with the above post.
This is very similiar to the corporate structure. A CEO cannot be bothered with the details of each branch of his operation (does he want to know when Jane Doe
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We probably relatively easily count the approximate number of toothpicks in a pile very well (using sight only).
It is much more complex for a computer to determine if the pile contains "lots" or "very few" toothpicks in so much as that value is very context specific.
I fully agree with the above post.
This is very similiar to the corporate structure. A CEO cannot be bothered with the details of each branch of his operation (does he want to know when Jane Doe
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