Karthikeyan Ramakrishnan
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Karthikeyan Ramakrishnan
Sep 6, 2019, 11:49 AM
How does the biological wetware of the
brain give rise to our experience: the
sight of emerald green, the taste of
cinnamon, the smell of wet soil? What if I
told you that the world around you, with
its rich colors, textures, sounds, and
scents is an illusion, a show put on for
you by your brain? If you could perceive
reality as it really is, you would be
shocked by its colorless, odorless,
tasteless silence. Outside your brain,
there is just energy and matter. Over
millions of years of evolution the human
brain has become adept at turning this
energy and matter into a rich sensory
experience of being in the world. How?
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