By Anil Seth — 2018
Our perception of the world around us, and ourselves within it, are ‘controlled hallucinations’ that the brain uses to help keep itself alive
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CLEAR ALL
This is in fact the foundational assumption behind our notion of universal human rights: we are all conscious, and thus we all have needs and we all suffer.
It’s a surprising answer that looks far from obvious, but space joins a long list of candidates as old as the written word.
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