The Perceptive Paradox

All perception is created by the brain, which is therefore illusory and limited by its own function.

Because of a certain way the neurons within our brain get fired on specific inputs, they give a distinct output or reaction expressed in our physical reality. A visual of a pizza advertisement gives you a pleasurable craving which can then be converted into an output action, for example.

But what if the neurons fired in a different way; giving an output that’s different than what fits our current definition of perception.

Case in point, a person with brain malfunction experiences a hallucination - an imaginary perception triggered within their brain. But that perception is immensely real to that person, and not you (or others) - because it doesn't fit within your perceptive definition of reality.

We call those people crazy.

But let's say - more people experience the same hallucination because of a certain functional anomaly in their brain. That hallucination becomes a reality then because it is perceived by a larger populace, and people NOT experiencing that "hallucination" would then be the crazy ones.

In essence then, our perception of our current "normal" world would instead be the exception.

Therefore, our collective perception is what really creates our reality. But is that perception really reality?

Or is it more of an illusion created by the perceiving brain?

The definition of what is real and what is not is then restrained just by the limitations of our perception.

So then, what is real — when nothing is real?

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