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Perception is constructive, not camera-like
Both vision and language comprehension are entirely constructive, predictive processes: the incoming data are vastly underdetermined and noisy, so the brain fills in and builds internal representations used for inference and action—making the camera/pixel metaphor for vision wrong, just as it is for hearing.
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David PoeppelEvidence Quote
“most of what we do is a prediction, that the data that you get are vastly under-determined, the percepts and experience that you extract from the initial data, and so that it's a filling in process.”
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 12:19:52 AM
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