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by yters 2609 days ago
Humans don't think kittens are avocados with complete certainty because someone flicked a speck of green paint on the kitten.
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Viliam1234 2609 days ago
Before stating this with complete certainty, I would ask Oliver Sacks first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_f...

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yters 2608 days ago
His patients realized something was wrong with their perception, unlike a computer.
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inimino 2608 days ago
Some of them did!
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raz32dust 2608 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_example
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