I think you have a point, but I’m not sure about your examples:
Clearly my facial recognition system has adaptions for working with nearsighted eyes. A lens that can see its own flaws.
The facial recognition system is working with poor information from the eye, but it is not a part of it; it cannot correct for flaws in itself.
And think about this optical illusion: Nearby objects look bigger than distant objects. Yet we don’t think this as an illusion at all, because we are so good at adjusting to it.
We evolved to do so. There is error correction, yes, but it is fixed; when this misleads us it does not fix itself. (Or does it? Our sensory systems are absurdly adaptable, I wouldn’t be surprised. If so, that would be a good example.)
I think you have a point, but I’m not sure about your examples:
The facial recognition system is working with poor information from the eye, but it is not a part of it; it cannot correct for flaws in itself.
We evolved to do so. There is error correction, yes, but it is fixed; when this misleads us it does not fix itself. (Or does it? Our sensory systems are absurdly adaptable, I wouldn’t be surprised. If so, that would be a good example.)