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Science

Uncle Joe

(62,869 posts) Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:39 PM Jul 12

Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality Anil Seth TED

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience — and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

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Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality Anil Seth TED (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jul 12 OP

i believe i am really a... ret5hd Jul 12 #1

Ever read "The Dreaming Universe," by Fred Alan Wolf? SheltieLover Jul 12 #2

I may have seen this before, but, I am enjoying it as if it is new. 1WorldHope Jul 12 #3

Wish Terence McKenna were here to hear that presentation. Kid Berwyn Jul 14 #4

ret5hd

(21,731 posts)

1. i believe i am really a...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 01:52 PM

Jul 12

not very bright, maybe even developmentally damaged, boltzmann brain.

SheltieLover

(72,966 posts)

2. Ever read "The Dreaming Universe," by Fred Alan Wolf?

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 02:39 PM

Jul 12

Yummy mind candy.

Thx for sharing!

1WorldHope

(1,528 posts)

3. I may have seen this before, but, I am enjoying it as if it is new.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:12 PM

Jul 12

I love this kind of stuff!
The Dreaming Universe sounds like a book I told myself to read after I heard a story about it on NPR. But I didn't write it down. So, now I'm going to find it and read it. Thank you thank you thank you.

Kid Berwyn

(21,813 posts)

4. Wish Terence McKenna were here to hear that presentation.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2025, 12:57 PM

Jul 14

Thank you for the heads-up, Uncle Joe!

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