Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee BITESIZE | How Your Brain Creates Your Conscious Reality | Professor Anil Seth #439
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Mar 29, 2024 
Anil Seth, a leading neuroscientist and Professor of Cognitive and Computational Science at the University of Sussex, challenges our understanding of reality. He argues that our brains create a controlled hallucination, shaping our perceptions rather than merely reading the world. The conversation explores how personal biases affect our interpretation of experiences, demonstrated through relatable examples. Seth also discusses the transformative effects of meditation on consciousness, highlighting its power to enhance self-awareness and shared understanding.
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Controlled Hallucination
- We don't passively perceive the world, we actively generate it; our brains predict and construct reality.
- Our experiences are controlled hallucinations, shaped by our brains' best guesses about the external world.
The Color of the Sea
- Rangan Chatterjee and his family discussed the color of the sea, questioning its true color from different perspectives.
- They wondered if a dog, dolphin, or other creature perceives the same blue hue or something entirely different.
Color as Interpretation
- Color is a secondary quality that arises from the interaction between an object and the perceiving brain.
- While solidity exists independently, color is a subjective experience, varying between individuals.