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Tumblr Thread: Magenta Doesn't Exist, It's Just The Brain Doing Its Best

Tumblr has a way of explaining things that make life more interesting and complex, but also a little less secure. The deal here is that, like many things that seem certain, our eyes and brain are just making pragmatic guesses about the nature of reality so that we don't have to think about if something is green or magenta, and have more free time to focus on our fear of bears. Leave it to the eye-nerds at Tumblr. For some more eye-opening nuggets on the nature of reality, here are some strange science facts to ponder as well as a thread on the relative independence of human babies.

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Posted by Eric Lund
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