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Perceptions don’t go in. Perceptions are created by the nerves in the sensory organs and corresponding brain regions in response to stimuli. One can think of t
by goatlover 3y ago
Perceptions don’t go in. Perceptions are created by the nerves in the sensory organs and corresponding brain regions in response to stimuli. One can think of the brain as an information generator, making sense of the environmental noise that bombards the body. Seth claims that perception is a sort of predictive hallucination based on the kind of bodies we have. Moreover, We don’t perceive the world as it is. He’s an indirect or embodied realist.
- akomtu 3y agoIn the brain there's a region surrounded by a layer of filter-neurons: they choose what signals to admit, using the rule of thumb that a repeating signal is worth attention. When they block all signals, the subject is said to be unconscious. When they tune in to a particular signal, the subject is doing something consciously. In this regard consciousnesses can be defined as simple attention.
- goatlover 3y agoNo, because that doesn’t get you to color, sound, pain, etc since the signal is just electrical. Something more has to turn attention into experience. Also because simple attention can happen without us being consciously aware, such as day dreaming while driving down a highway.
- simonh 3y agoOk, stimuli go in. The rest I’m on board with, more or less.