The particular thing that surprised me the most from the reading was when the author said to picture a bird, to which I imagined a small bird like a finch. The author then stated a bird like an ostrich and penguin are still technically birds, however I did not think of those. This is because the average person would imagine the average bird rather than an outlier bird. I was surprised to think of that when it was brought to my attention as I thought I wouldn’t have been so “basic” haha.