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Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality

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Overview

This course explores how billions of neurons in the brain work together to create our conscious reality, suggesting that we are constantly hallucinating and agreeing on these hallucinations as "reality." The talk delves into the nature of consciousness, the brain as a prediction engine, our self-experience, and mechanisms of control and regulation. The teaching method is a TED Talk lasting 17 minutes, targeting individuals interested in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy.

Syllabus

Introduction
How does consciousness happen
The brain as a predict engine
Your experience of being yourself
Control and regulation

Taught by

TED

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