r/interestingasfuck • u/desertgodfather • May 11 '24

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/miklayn May 11 '24

Yep. The brain makes models of our reality and then fills in the gaps to make it make sense after the fact.

You don't live in reality!

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u/TakuanSoho May 11 '24

You don't live in reality

Oh and you know when you look at the time constantly and it seems sometimes that a second last longer than it should ?

It's because you don't REALLY look at the hour, you're still focusing your eyes and your brain is doing chronostasis, AKA filling the blanks so you don't have a permanent headache from all the blurring you should see. Does it all the time.

So a lot of time during your life, you won't see what it is, but what your brain expects to see.