The Brain Hallucinates Our Conscious Reality

This is meant to be a follow-up to the one I posted yesterday just prior to this.

Neuroscientist Anil Seth

17 Minutes
Political Differences And Other Opinions
This clearly explains why so many people obstinately insist on their point of a view over that of another.

Criminal Minds
Why some people commit all sorts of horrible acts others would never think of doing. It also clarifies why mass killers do what they do.



My ThoughtsSome have "open minds". Others have "closed minds". This varies from only slightly to impenetrable. Are some brains hardwired at birth to reject conflicting information while others are open to it? If so--is it even possible to retrain the computer like brain born that way to process information differently?

Can brain altering chemicals help overcome the brain's hard-wiring at birth? We certainly know how chemicals used in bath salts, LSD and other drugs can really mess up one's perception of reality. So if we accept this as fact this leads us to question whether society is growing further apart and becoming more violent because of the synthetic chemicals we've introduced over the years. Could the explanation be simple as that?

Which leaves us the keyword word "perception".
Everything we think we are, who we believe others to be or the world around us is left up to our computer like brains to interpret for us. When the brain becomes stymied it falls back on faith or some other means like expressing anger for what it finds inexplicable out of frustration. Hence I think it would serve each of us well to accept our fallibility realizing our "perceptions" can't be entirely trusted.

Reality--What Reality?
More importantly. Life itself could be one great big grandiose illusion with our limited brains themselves playing a part.

Now go look at my post from yesterday :-)



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