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The reason we humans can understand very complex situations with very little information very quickly (such as navigating through traffic) is that we not only p
by gibsonf1 6y ago
The reason we humans can understand very complex situations with very little information very quickly (such as navigating through traffic) is that we not only perceive that "stuff" is out there and moving, but we also instantly classify that stuff, and in so doing, understand what it can and cant do almost instantly. A large semi truck can only maneuver in certain ways and certain speeds, a car moving erratically likely has a driver that is somehow impaired, a child is fully upredictable and could jump in the street, etc. We know about not just that stuff is out there, but what that stuff is, and how it causally can behave given how things have been behaving up to that point.