Perception <EXTENDED>

Our minds naturally seek patterns in chaos—like seeing animals in clouds or faces in the stars. This is known as , and it’s how we organize the world to make it navigable.

Objective reality is what exists; perception is how you feel about it. For instance, a flight of 20 stairs might look like a "walk in the park" to an athlete but like "Mount Everest" to someone with limited mobility. Neither is "wrong," but both are shaped by personal circumstances. Perception

Research suggests that expecting to see something actually alters the sensory signal in your brain. If you expect a meeting to go poorly, your brain is primed to notice the negatives and ignore the positives. Our minds naturally seek patterns in chaos—like seeing

Can We Please Stop Perpetuating the Myth of Perception is Reality? For instance, a flight of 20 stairs might