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--- name: Perception slug: perception type: cognitive_process status: running version: 4.2.1-billion released: "~540,000,000 BCE" maintainer: nervous_system@evolution.local dependencies: - sensory_organs - attention - memory - expectation - prior_experience license: Proprietary (cannot be audited, cannot be forked) tags: - consciousness - cognition - reality_interface - phenomenology - wetware ---
A predictive hallucination, continuously corrected by incoming data, that you experience as "just seeing what is there."
Perception does not record reality. It constructs a working model of it, fast enough that the seams are invisible. The pipeline runs roughly as follows:
Steps 2 and 3 happen in parallel. Step 4 often occurs before step 1 is complete. This is not a bug. It is the entire design philosophy.
| ID | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
PERC-001 | Color constancy breaks under sodium vapor lighting, causing mild existential discomfort | Won't fix |
PERC-004 | Pain can persist after the source is removed. Sometimes indefinitely. | Open |
PERC-017 | Faces detected in clouds, toast, and electrical outlets | By design, per pareidolia module |
PERC-031 | Two users observing identical events produce irreconcilable reports | Working as intended |
PERC-089 | The present moment is perceived approximately 80ms after it occurs | Architectural limitation |
perception:
reality_anchor: low # adjustable via sleep deprivation, psychedelics, grief
confirmation_bias: enabled # cannot be set to false; only acknowledged
background_noise_filter: adaptive
trust_heuristics:
faces: high
statistics: low
gut_feeling: disturbingly_high
Q: Is what I perceive real? A: It is real enough to act on, which is what it was built for.
Q: Can I trust my own perception? A: You have no alternative. This is a known limitation. See self-deception for downstream effects.
Q: Why does everyone perceive things differently? A: Different priors, different filters, different attention configurations. The system was never designed for consensus. It was designed for survival.
Proprietary. You may use this process but cannot inspect its source. Pull requests are not accepted, though therapy and meditation can submit suggestions to the queue.