The viral dress debate wasn’t about fashion. It was about *neuroscience*. Turns out, your brain doesn’t just *see* the world, it *interprets* it. Color constancy, cone distribution in the retina, and your brain’s assumption about lighting all shape what you *think* you’re seeing. Blue/black or white/gold? Your brain guessed the lighting and ran with it. And no two brains guess the same. That’s not a glitch, it’s a feature. But it also means reality is a filtered experience. One built by your bio