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What always amazes me about this things is not so much how they work or that they work at all. It's more that they are so completely simple. The brain is such a

• nazgulnarsil 17y ago
  beware mind/body dualism: instead say "my model of reality is such a curious thing".
  • scott_s 17y ago
    It's not my model of reality because it's not conscious thought that is responsible for the illusion.
  • a-priori 17y ago
    Why? It's clumsy and not colloquial. It's the properties of the the brain we're talking about. I see no mind-body dualism implied by saying "the brain is such a curious thing".
  • wlievens 17y ago
    Dualism is just fine in casual conversation. Avoid it in science.
  • antipaganda 17y ago
    Who has the model now? And who was engaging in dualism? :D