- Jul 19, 2013
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What we experience is filtered (What we see is exactly what our brain tells us. What our brain tells us is based upon the information received from our sense organs.
So the best you can get is- What I see is based upon the (narrow spectrum of, but not all of) electromagnetic waves hitting my eyes, that my eyes are adapted to relay to my brain.
The brain does a lot of parallel processing very quickly and picks out a small portion of the information it receives to send to the top of the stack, which is what your consciousness pays attention to. This process is what I have referred to as filtering.)by our brain. Therefore, I think everything is subjective.---
There are studies of people who have lost the ability to smooth out the images their eyes send to their brain, and rather than fluid motion, they see in a kind of strobing animation-- makes it pretty hard to pour your coffee. If our frame rate is really 1/10th of what we perceive it be, how many other things are filtered and smoothed that we don't know about?
But just how subjective is it?
How can you determine what is real, and what your mind tells you is real?
Do your dreams seem real to you , ever?
Sometimes my dreams are surreal.and sometimes, the only thing that is separating my dreams from reality are the physical rules of "reality."
Is reality relative to each person?
If everything you experience is a chemical reaction inside of your brain, how much of what you experience is your subconscious imagination?
Do we create objective reality with our collective consciousness?
Is it real because we all agree it is real... or do we all agree it is real, because it is?
What strange thought processes and glitches have you experienced in your life?
With enough concentration, you can alter your perception of anything, you can make foreground objects seems to be in the background--you can make proportions variable, colors shift of hue.etc.
You can trick yourself into believing almost anything.
So the best you can get is- What I see is based upon the (narrow spectrum of, but not all of) electromagnetic waves hitting my eyes, that my eyes are adapted to relay to my brain.
The brain does a lot of parallel processing very quickly and picks out a small portion of the information it receives to send to the top of the stack, which is what your consciousness pays attention to. This process is what I have referred to as filtering.)by our brain. Therefore, I think everything is subjective.---
There are studies of people who have lost the ability to smooth out the images their eyes send to their brain, and rather than fluid motion, they see in a kind of strobing animation-- makes it pretty hard to pour your coffee. If our frame rate is really 1/10th of what we perceive it be, how many other things are filtered and smoothed that we don't know about?
But just how subjective is it?
How can you determine what is real, and what your mind tells you is real?
Do your dreams seem real to you , ever?
Sometimes my dreams are surreal.and sometimes, the only thing that is separating my dreams from reality are the physical rules of "reality."
Is reality relative to each person?
If everything you experience is a chemical reaction inside of your brain, how much of what you experience is your subconscious imagination?
Do we create objective reality with our collective consciousness?
Is it real because we all agree it is real... or do we all agree it is real, because it is?
What strange thought processes and glitches have you experienced in your life?
With enough concentration, you can alter your perception of anything, you can make foreground objects seems to be in the background--you can make proportions variable, colors shift of hue.etc.
You can trick yourself into believing almost anything.