We are better off without perfect perception

Stoffregen & Bardy's target article is based on the assumption that our sen ses' ultimate purpose is to provide us with perfect information about the o utside world. We argue that it is often more important that information be available quickly than that it be perfect. Consequently our nervous system processes different aspects of information about our surrounding as separat ely as possible. The separation is not between the senses, but between sepa rate aspects of our surrounding. This results in inconsistencies between ju dgments: sometimes because different frames of reference are used. Such inc onsistencies are fundamental to the way the information is picked up, howev er, and hence cannot be avoided with clearer instructions to the subjects.