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I’m sure by now many of you are aware of the recent social media event involving a picture of a dress. You may remember that dress—the one that triggered a social media debate over its colors. Some of us saw the dress as blue and black, while others saw it as white and gold. The reason that some people saw the dress differently was because we were unable to fully understand the context in which the photo was taken. Because of how closely the dress was photographed, the lack of....