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Aah, experience has conditioned you into thinking that all hearts are red, and all spades are black.

Ray's lesson on perception · Interstate 60 (2002)

- Aah, experience has conditioned you into thinking that all hearts are red, and all spades are black.

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Because their shapes are similar.

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1- Aah, experience has conditioned you into thinking that all hearts are red, and all spades are black.
In the sceneRay says experience has conditioned Neal into assuming hearts are red and spades black.
Everyday exampleWe are conditioned into fearing silence.
2Because their shapes are similar.
3It's easier for your mind to interpret them, based on that past experience, than open to an idea that they can be different.
4We see what we expect to see .
5Not necessarily, what's really there.
6Children who have never played cards always pass this test.
7Makes you wonder how many other things are right in front of
8you, sight, sound, smell that you can't experience, because you've been conditioned not to ?
9 The good news is , if we'll do the test again you will pass.
10Once you are aware, that there can be black hearts and red spades, you'll be able to perceive them.
11Your brain is wired, just like the Interstate Highways System.
12It's easier to go from one well traveled place to another but the places in between, off the highway...
13Even though they're there, most people just zip right pass them.

Why it's worth practising

It moves from a card trick to highways and the brain, making abstraction concrete.

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