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Recently, this class has really made me second guess my own assumptions about the world.  Never had I thought that what I was seeing was made up or that there are things out there I am not seeing.  But since this is so, perhaps there’s something to be said for this.  I have never second guessed my perception of reality because other people seem to have drawn similar conclusions.  It is not as if we have to constantly ask if we are seeing or experiencing the same thing.  The majority of the time, it seems like we come to a general consensus about what is going on and what we’re looking at.  Of course there are exceptions like the pictures of the woman/skull, but for the most part, the fact that we unconsciously make up pictures in our head and don't experience everything in the world that other creatures can doesn’t seem to interfere with day to day life.  That being said, why?  How are we as humans able to have such a range of different abilities and talents but then come up with the same image in our head without being conscious of it?  Are there cases when people don’t have this ability and how does this impact their day to day life?