You don't see reality as it is. You see reality as your brain thinks it probably is.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Fuck you, Ames Window (many of you have probably come across this):

• Demonstrates our brains prioritise assumptions over raw data. Perception is a best guess not a direct feed, here we are predictively processing. Reality = sensory input + built in expections.
• Depth cues like perspective and motion are ambiguous... When two cues conflict the brain fucken brute forces it, picks one interpretation and makes it fit what it thinks will happen.
• What we are 'seeing' in reality is like a controlled hallucination mechanistically. The brain is constantly predicting, correcting errors and then making shit up to fill the gaps.

I feel betrayed 💀

Edited 9 hours ago by Natasha Tori Maru

[bazera]

That is so freaky, especially when he puts the pen inside 🤯

Come on brain, what else are you lying me about!

I just saw this one the other day. Color gets darker based on which one you look at.

How is this even possible 😀

I think it's based on a fact that peripheral vision gets blurry wheneven we focus on one thing and that makes the color seem a bit dimmer.

[bazera]

1 hour ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

• Demonstrates our brains prioritise assumptions over raw data. Perception is a best guess not a direct feed, here we are predictively processing. Reality = sensory input + built in expections.
• Depth cues like perspective and motion are ambiguous... When two cues conflict the brain fucken brute forces it, picks one interpretation and makes it fit what it thinks will happen.
• What we are 'seeing' in reality is like a controlled hallucination mechanistically. The brain is constantly predicting, correcting errors and then making shit up to fill the gaps.

It's very fascinating how our whole system is organized towards survival. In attempts of transcending it, sometimes we tend to demonize it in subtle ways, but if you think about it, it's such an intelligent force, so much goes into it, what you referred to as controlled halicination, just imagine how complex the mechanism of it is. 

And the freakiest aspect of it is that mechanism drives so much of our behavior, our thoughts, our metaphysical assumptions, everything about us probably, and how little do we know of it. But even though it makes us kinda zombies without consciousness work, without that force we'd be dead by now, not even being able to contemplate the truth of it. 

Edited 7 hours ago by bazera

[bazera]

This is another famous example that I like, where brain just assumes the circle, even though a second ago you clearly distinguish just moving balls up and down.

Music is so unfitting though, lol.