...because I don't think that third (or second) beat is actually THERE. I think you actually® owe some *residuals for that...

I don't actually® speak the word 'two' into my brains' ear, either, but.

So why do we (most of us) mentally fill it in? I wish somebody would give me an aswer.

This reminds me of the human eye/brains' ability to 'smoothe over the rough edges' of animation, yet still be able to *accept subliminal messages.