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"Trippy" Reality (lemmy.world)
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https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/5-illusions-reveal-brain-warps-reality

https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-the-brain-interprets-reality-a-neuroscience-perspective

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[-] ieGod@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago

What an apt comic. The first time I tried mushrooms I came to the conclusion we are essentially peeking through the keyhole of a door trying to understand an environment we can't even be sure is limited to the 'other side'.

[-] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hm, that's odd. I just laughed a lot. 🤷

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

why not both?

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