Perception
Stone Age Minds in a Statistical World
2025-03-09
Our brains weren’t built for billions. To ancient minds, the difference between a million and a trillion collapses into the same blur: ‘a lot.’ Understanding this gap—and learning to translate scale—helps us navigate a world that runs on numbers our ancestors never needed.
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2025-03-02
Our brains are wired to see meaning in noise. From faces in clouds to lucky numbers that keep reappearing, the same instincts that once kept us alive now trick us into finding patterns that don’t exist.
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