eli5 : why is it so difficult for the the human to comprehend that there the word “the” was repeated?

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eli5 : why is it so difficult for the the human to comprehend that there the word “the” was repeated?

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When we read, our brains make a lot of assumptions for the sake of efficiency. Tihs is the smae rsaoesn you can unadrtasnd tihs sntcneee. You miss the the extra “the” because your brain assumes the next word will be a noun, and has no reason to notice that it has been repeated and simply skips it, looking for the word that should follow.

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