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A classic one that many experience is thinking you see someone or something notable or scary in the dark, that turns out to be whatever ordinary thing is actually there.



Is that really a hallucination? Or is it your brain’s pattern recognizer making an incorrect guess and then quickly course-correcting when more data is present?


The surface boundary of what does or doesn't count as a hallucination isn't necessarily clear or well agreed upon.

> is it your brain’s pattern recognizer making an incorrect guess

This part is more or less an accurate explanation of a lot of hallucinations. Input misinterpreted and incorrectly "output" into consciousness.




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