Your brain constructs your entire experience of reality.
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TL;DR
This video explains how our perception of reality is constructed by the brain, focusing on color perception, visual focus, and predictive processing.
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction to Reality Perception01
- 0:10Color as a Brain Construct02
- 0:25Visual Field Limitations03
- 0:40Predictive Processing Explained04
- 0:55Changing Your Reality05
Transcript
Neuroscience shows that what you see isn't real and I'll tell you three science-backed reasons why and how we can use this to our advantage at the end. Reason number one is that color doesn't exist in the physical world. Color is a construct made up by the brain in order to make sense of different wavelengths of light. I used to work in a color vision lab and got to see for myself how the brain constructs color. This is why science shows that no two people see color
the exact same way because no two people have the exact same brain. Take this Coke can for example. The can isn't red, your brain is making it up. Screenshot this and zoom in and you'll see what I'm saying. Reason number two is that only two degrees of your visual field are in focus at any given time.
The rest is blurry. You also have a blind spot in your visual field where you take no information in at all. And then your brain just fills in the blank with whatever it predicts is there. And your brain is always predicting and assuming. It's called predictive processing, which leads me to number three, which is that you
do not see the world with your eyes at all. Your eyes take in light signals and then those light signals travel through the brain where your thoughts, beliefs, emotions, past experiences, and conditioning are all incorporated. And then the image is put together that you see. If reality is constructed entirely in your mind, which it is, then all
you have to do is change your mind and your reality changes and that's easier said than done but that's why i'm here to help
you have to do is change your mind and your reality changes and that's easier said than done but that's why i'm here to help
said than done but that's why i'm here to help
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