Ixiel comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 03 September 2014 01:50:02AM 6 points [-]

Dreams demonstrate that our brains (and even rat brains) are capable of creating complex, immersive, fully convincing simulations. Waking life is also a kind of dream. Our consciousness exists, and is shown particular aspects of reality. We see what we see for adaptive reasons, not because it is the truth. Nerds are the ones who notice that something is off - and want to see what's really going on.

The View from Hell from an article recommended by asd.

Comment author: Ixiel 10 September 2014 10:40:28PM 2 points [-]

That or the extent of the human capacity for pareidolia on waking.