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Collective Insights

Perception - Beau Lotto, Ph.D. - Neuroscience

Collective Insights

Qualia Life

Alternative Health, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

4.8525 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Neuroscientist and world renowned expert in perception, Dr. Beau Lotto, reveals the science behind the ways our brain plays tricks on us while also presenting a revolutionary approach to applying these insights about perception to every aspect of our lives.

Transcript

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So we come into the world with all kinds of assumptions that we inherited from our evolutionary ancestors.

0:06.0

And then when we're born, we start constructing even more assumptions.

0:10.0

And many of those assumptions we might inherit from our parents, you know, that certain people are good or certain people are bad.

0:16.0

And so that's not just at the level of color.

0:19.0

Suddenly it's the level of the meaning of another person.

0:23.6

And these assumptions then get encoded on our brain,

0:26.6

because that's all we have access to.

0:28.6

These meanings get encoded according to our history.

0:31.6

But that's a beautiful thing.

0:33.6

So a lot of people think,

0:34.6

oh, well, this must be awful.

0:36.6

If I'm not seeing reality, well, this is really scary then because, ah, what am I seeing then?

0:41.6

But imagine there was, if we're just seeing in some sense, reality, there's only one thing to see.

0:47.9

There's only one way to see.

0:50.1

There's no basis for imagination or creative then.

0:52.8

So by being able to, in a sense, make it up, that's what enables us to be creative and imaginative.

0:59.3

And some imagination, some sort of some creative ideas are better than others.

1:04.3

It's not like this is postmodern relatives and some things work better than others.

1:07.7

But that enables us to discover that.

1:10.2

Collective insights as a voyage through topics and technologies revolutionizing human

1:14.7

well-being. Groundbreaking approaches for a better world and a better life away you.

1:19.9

Welcome to Collective Insights.

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