T-Rex: So in an effort to trip countably fewer balls, I have been researching how my brain works.
T-Rex: Turns out, my brain is totally awesome!
T-Rex: AND NOBODY IS SURPRISED.
T-Rex: But check it out, Dromiceiomimus: we hear sound mechanically (sound waves hitting a membrane) which, IT TURNS OUT, only takes a couple of milliseconds to be understood by the brain! But our retinas react to light through a longer chemical process AND their information is more complicated to process, so it can take upwards of 50 milliseconds before the brain has it in a usable form.
Dromiceiomimus: Neat!
T-Rex: Super neat!
Utahraptor: So we understand sound before we understand images, assuming they reach our senses at the same time!
T-Rex: Yep!
T-Rex: But they don't, obviously, and our brains are making SECRET ADJUSTMENTS to our VERY PERCEPTION OF REALITY to give us the illusion that sound and light match up most of the time!
Utahraptor: Now I'M the one tripping balls!
T-Rex: Dude! I totes tripped over all those balls earlier!! But the trippiest part with the most balls?
T-Rex: When something's about 10 meters away all the speeds match up perfectly, and it's the only time your brain gets a break from constantly LYING TO YOU ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE!!
T-Rex: Sorry for shouting there, Utahraptor! I uh -
T-Rex: I tripped a few stray balls
