We also use our imagination and take shortcuts to fill gaps in patterns of nonvisual data. As with visual input, we draw conclusions and make judgments based on uncertain and incomplete information, and we conclude, when we are done analyzing the patterns, that out picture is clear and accurate. But is it?

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (ed. Penguin UK, 2009) - ISBN: 9780141920696