LINK Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth - YouTube
A very short but thought provoking TED talk on how much of our reality is "hallucinated," or predicted based on prior perceptions of pattern:
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.And for the nerdiest of nerds, you can read the individual research papers on the scientific discoveries in the field of consciousness studies here: [sussex.ac.uk]
Nunya
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Aug 20, 2020
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. . . title leaves-out that is is described as a controlled 'hallucination'
FearlessFly
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Aug 19, 2020
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Well I did say that our perception of reality is mostly predicted by recognizing patterns in prior perceptions. That pretty much states how perception is controlled. Plus, it's youtube's title, not mine. 
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