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  1. May 2021
  2. Jan 2021
  3. astralcodexten.substack.com astralcodexten.substack.com
    1. We use "as different as black and white" to mean obviously, undeniably different. But in fact a slightly different context can confuse our brains so completely that we mistake white for black and vice versa.

      is black and and white really obviously different? Couldn't context make think grey is black or grey is which?