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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness testimony is the worst kind of evidence in science.

Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness testimony is the worst kind of evidence in science.

Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern

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Seth Shostak
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Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Seth Shostak: documented birth year 1943; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5762284, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5762284 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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