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We know shadows make surfaces darker.
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We don't know this like
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"Here's something I know."
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Rather, we know this in that
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it's wired up in our brains.
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So when we see a surface in shadow
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we automatically assume that
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it's lighter than it looks,
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and we see it as lighter.
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And you could show this by removing the cues to the shadow.
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And you see it as it really is.
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And this is an illustration of