The Brain's Creation of Reality

The brain, despite being encased in darkness, constructs a vibrant inner world rich with sound, movement, and emotion. Traditional views hold that perception arises from signals received from external stimuli; however, recent scientific insights suggest that much of what we experience is largely created by the brain itself. For example, a listening experiment revealed that when listeners could finally understand a garbled sentence, it wasn't the brain deciphering audio, but rather their brain had predicted the content based on context. This suggests that sensory experiences, such as sight and sound, are not mere responses to external reality but are actively constructed by the brain's predictive capabilities.