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Synesthesia Shaped A Chef's Perception
- Michael Watson, a synesthete, felt tastes as detailed 3D objects and used them in cooking.
- His perceptual icons did not resemble the tastes, yet gave practical advantages.
Simulations: Truth Loses To Fitness
- Simulations showed agents tuned to fitness outcompete truth-seeing agents.
- True accurate perception never evolved in those models because it reduced fitness.
Quantum Experiments And Observation
- The double-slit experiment supports the idea that observation helps construct physical properties.
- Quantum phenomena suggest properties don't take definite values until observed.