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		gaudat on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brains speed up perception by guessing what's next... This is sort of like pipelining in computer processors. As humans have quite a lot of latency, we make up for it by speculating what will happen in the short future with our experiences. This may also explain why people act irrationally for stressful situations or avoiding dangers and risks.

hef19898 on March 31, 2023 [–]

And why training for those situations, from disaster relief over surgeons to the military and professional fighters, is the way it is.

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