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On our consciousness lagging behind reality: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/time-on-the-brain-how-you-are-always-living-in-the-past-and-other-quirks-of-perception/

On cognitive biases: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/09/cognitive-bias/565775/

'Psychologist and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman reveals the actions we can take to overcome the biases that cripple our decision-making, damper our thinking, and limit our effectiveness. Listen and Learn from the master.’ https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/daniel-kahneman/

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This has reminded me about deja vu as a thing.... in some circumstances our brain has enough information before an event to accurately predict what will happened next based on what has happened before. And we think that we have some magical predication powers or something...But deja vu doesn't seem to allow you the opportunity to change the thing that happens....??

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