Objectivity is the subject’s delusion that observation can be done without him. - Heinz von Foerster

Seeing is believing. Or is it really? Can you be sure of what you’re seeing at any given time? Or what you have missed that was right in front of your eyes?

Ever spend all morning looking for your glasses only to find them in the most visible place in the room practically right in front of you?

Were you certain you saw something flicker beyond your line of vision, only to turn and see nothing there?

Have you ever focused on a picture in which you see something completely different than the person next to you?

Why?

Because though our eyes provide information to our brains, our minds “decide” what we see.

In my upcoming book, Slant, I describe the human phenomenon of “confirmation bias…