Reality can get weird fast when your brain is wired differently. In Part 2 of Reality Perception Distortion, Nithin Cherian and Malcolm Moore riff on what happens when perception becomes your operating system—especially if you can’t “see” images in your mind the way other people can.

They use AI as the flashlight: not as magic, but as rapid prototyping for ideas, worlds, and next steps. Along the way, they spiral into a monkey/banana/grape “reality distortion” bit, the anxiety of walled gardens (Apple vs Android energy… but for AI), and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the “food just appears” because we’ve been trained to expect it.

It’s playful, philosophical, and practical—ending with the cleanest metaphor button: Pavlov’s dog vs Schrödinger’s cat. (And yes, you’ll probably laugh while questioning your own defaults.)

Referenced in This Episode (go deeper)

Aphantasia, Classical Conditioning, Schrödinger’s Cat, Sphere (Las Vegas)

Core Ideas - Perception isn’t just a lens—it becomes the whole room if you’re not careful. - AI can function like “rapid prototyping” for thought (especially for non-visual thinkers). - Platforms won’t magically unify—interoperability is a choice, not a guarantee. - Conditioning is real: sometimes we don’t notice what trained us until we miss the reward.

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