You can see your nose right now.

Seriously. 😂

If you look straight ahead, your nose is technically sitting right there in your field of view.

But most of the time, you don't notice it.

That's because your brain has learned that your nose is basically background information. Since it's always there and usually doesn't provide anything useful to what you're looking at, your brain pays much less attention to it.

It's a bit like hearing the sound of a fan after a while.

At first, you notice it.

Then your brain goes:

“Yeah, we already know about that.” 😭

The same kind of filtering happens with things around you that stay constant.

Your brain is constantly receiving a ridiculous amount of information from your eyes, ears, skin and other senses. It can't give equal attention to everything, so it filters out some things that seem unimportant.

And your nose is one of the funniest examples because...

it's literally in front of your eyes. 😂

Try looking down toward the tip of your nose right now.

There it is. 👃

You just normally don't notice it.