# A Magician Explains Why We See What’s Not There - Issue 70: Variables - Nautilus

<http://nautil.us/issue/70/variables/a-magician-explains-why-we-see-whats-not-there>

- Host: [nautil.us](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/nautil.us/)
- Saved: April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11T21:42:40Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

We see what our brains think we should see, even when we don’t see it. The mental perception that your brain is building is stronger than reality.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [What I Learned from Losing $200 Million](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c15a02cbf95b/) (nautil.us, December 26, 2015)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nautil.us/issue/70/variables/a-magician-explains-why-we-see-whats-not-there