''The answer is that we donât see reality.
The world exists. Itâs just that we donât see it. We do not experience the world as it is because our brain didnât evolve to do so. Itâs a paradox of sorts: Your brain gives you the impression that your perceptions are objectively real, yet the sensory processes that make perception possible actually separate you from ever accessing
that reality directly.
Our five senses are like a keyboard to a computerâthey provide the means for information from the world to get in, but they have very little to do with what is then experienced in perception. They are in essence just mechanical media, and so play only a limited role in what we perceive.
In fact, in terms of the sheer number of neural connections, just 10 percent of the information our brains use to see comes from our eyes. The rest comes from other parts of our brainsâŚ
Perception derives not just from our five senses but from our brainâs seemingly infinitely sophisticated network that makes sense of all the incoming information. Using perceptual neuroscienceâbut not only neuroscienceâwe will see why we donât perceive reality, then explore why this can lead to creativity and innovation... ''