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Why are we conscious of so little?

The Why Factor

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The Power of Attention

There are competing models for how consciousness should be understood. Steve fleming is a proponent of what's called predictive coding. All the time we're using our senses to make predictions about the world. But mostly this process of prediction and feedback takes place at an unconscious level. The brain can handle a lot of things on auto pilot.

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