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Here we go. Lesson number one.
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Repeat after me...
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The rain in Spain stays mainly...
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Look, I'm kidding! It's a joke.
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What's this?
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It's an... It's an apple.
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Good, good.
You've now won the toaster oven.
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OK.
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What's this?
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It's an apple.
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Good, but is it an apple
or just a picture of an apple?
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OK. So, uh, this is a joke, right?
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What are you saying?
That our... my eyes lie?
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Your eyesight can
and will play tricks on you.
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No matter what I could teach you,
they'll still play tricks on you.
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- You've gotta trust your instincts.
- I don't have any.
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My instinct is to close my eyes
and feel my way out of here.
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That's a self-preservation instinct.
But you have others.
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Virgil, you have to learn to see,
just like you learned to speak.
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Perception, sight, life
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is about experience, reaching out
and exploring the world for yourself.
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It's not enough to just see.
We've got to look as well.
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Immediately following the operation
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the patient experienced
extreme disorientation.
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Images and colours
had no meaning for him.
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But now,
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just weeks after surgery,
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Mr Adamson has mastered the ability
to define shape and distance,
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giving him confidence
to move about his environment.
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He is still
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confused by new images
just as a child would be fascinated by