Everything You Think Is Wrong
You trust your brain more than anything else. But what if your memory is not a recording but a reconstruction, your perceptions are controlled hallucinations, and your conscious mind is not the author of your choices? For decades, neuroscience has revealed that the brain is not the reliable narrator you imagine. It's a prediction engine, a fiction writer, and a master of self-deception—all desi...
You trust your brain more than anything else. But what if your memory is not a recording but a reconstruction, your perceptions are controlled hallucinations, and your conscious mind is not the author of your choices? For decades, neuroscience has revealed that the brain is not the reliable narrator you imagine. It's a prediction engine, a fiction writer, and a master of self-deception—all desi...
