A tenth-of-a-second delay
A tenth-of-a-second perceptual delay should make it impossible for you to catch a ball, especially during the magic tricks.
Our brain uses a very smart trick that prevents us from living in a delayed world. Our visual system is continually predicting the future so that we do not live in the past.
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