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10 Ways Your Brain Distorts Your Reality

  1. 0:00You believe your inner emotions are visible to others
  2. 0:28Your memory will invent details that were never there
  3. 0:54You are blind to the obvious when focused elsewhere
  4. 1:10Your opinion of quality depends on what you saw first
  5. 1:36Your brain misses information for a split second daily
  6. 1:58You believe you see the world exactly as it is
  7. 2:11You assign positive character traits based on physical appearance
  8. 2:43You believe you are safer than the average person
  9. 3:16You are blind to changes happening right before you
  10. 3:44You think others are more similar than they are