Thatcher Illusion

Thatcher Illusion is proof that seeing is not believing; seeing is only the opening argument.

What the illusion teaches is not distrust of the eyes but respect for the gap between seeing and knowing. In that gap live most of our avoidable mistakes.

Watch the woman lighting the evening lamp in a small flat after a hard day. Nobody taught her that ritual builds a floor under the falling feeling. She simply knows.

In the end, life asks only whether we were awake while it happened. Print it on a card if you like. Better: print it on a habit.