I've always loved Nova since I was a kid. Having been raised in a lot less than ideal circumstances and family setting. This documentary just helped me to realize my poor self perception is not real, as well as break away from my childhood trauma, which I still carried to this day. I believe having this knowledge will help me to eventually overcome this childhood trauma by erasing my current image of poor self perception. Now I feel I will be able to put away those bad memories and therefore begin to discover who I really am and become consciously happy and find happiness. Thank you, everyone, at Nova.
I wish you well on your journey to self. I changed how I looked at life and the world about 20 years ago, before that I spent 50 years angry. When it soaked in that I was creating a world that made me sick, I started the work to change. It was work but each day got easier until I didn't have to think about how I needed to respond to something or let it go. I got to say negative thinking takes a lot of energy. I like being positive and I like giving it away to people daily.
@Adrian, I understand what you wrote. Yes, this research is empowering. And I learned about NOVA in 1980, when my nerdy high school science teacher, who always had a pleasant disposition, would offer extra credit if we watched it.
Exactly! This is exactly how I have found a way to overcome Complex Trauma. The narrative we were given throughout childhood, including about who we are, was false. We were imprinted with many things that don't belong to us. The guilt and shame does not belong with us, it was just something we trustingly learned to believe was true. Now we get to challenge those beliefs, and find our own narrative that resonates with us better. Does their judgement of our value actually have any validity? Is it real? Does it count for anything? You are correct! This is a pivotal moment in life for you. Instead of looking from your mental cage out between the bars, you have had the awakening of the ability to have a more objective view of mentally being able to fly outside the cage, and look at yourself unnecessarily trapped within. You can now see that there is a reality beyond a cage you no longer have to be in. This is a completely life changing revelation. Congratulations!!! Once, with a leap of thought, as you have just had, I could see my mental cage from the outside looking in, I grew my way out of it. I could see that old construct as a trellis. I appreciated it as a structure to grow around, and from, with tendrils of thought exploring outside to the free air. Now I take the time to see limiting thoughts as a mind cage construction in a vast sandy area. I do as my therapist used to say, 'challenge that thought!' In my deconstruction, it collapses, and with further scrutiny the pieces disintegrate to sand, that blows away and I am free. That is what works for me. You will find what thinking works for you. I am so excited and happy for you!!! You have served your time for crimes you didn't commit as a naturally trusting and malleable child. Now you have found out that you can set yourself free, and reclaim your life as your own. ✨️
Can we finally start being more charitable towards each other now? I’ve been aware of this phenomena for abt a year and it has helped avoid arguments by just simply understanding that no one sees the world exactly the same as me. And that’s ok.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ This comment is not appropriate. I understand that you probably think such comments are always appropriate, but there is a time and place for everything. Your message is actually extremely offensive if you think about it. You are effectively calling everyone horrible people. Not cool, especially you look at the behavior of many Christians.
@@erictaylor5462I completely agree. Imagine how offended the religious person would be if I directly stated how ridiculous the concept of consciousness after death really is.
I have a grad degree in neuroscience and I'm really impressed with how well made this documentary is! Reminds me of why I choose to study neuroscience in the first place!
My first exposure to NOVA was in Jr. High School Science class back in the late 1970's. Our teacher would often show NOVA films on Fridays. Then, I would watch NOVA on PBS. Love NOVA!!
GOD i love NOVA. I remember as a kid on a farm, we had one massive Magnavox Console TV and there was never anything on that, but my parents would let us watch PBS of course(there were 5 channels) and I do remember NOVA. That must've been literally over 30 years ago. 34 yrs? Man, sure glad that PBS and NOVA are still keeping the flame lit for us curious ones. Only half way in and some notions i had learned about visual processing back in school have been usurped/adjusted. That is so cool to see things evolve and become more accurate. The color thing really got me. Also, how similar our brain is to a digital computing device is remarkable. Thanks to those who put their time and effort into these shows
35 years ago, I sustained a traumatic brain injury that has affected every aspect of my life since. My cognitive function was only slightly affected--i had received special schooling since 3rd grade when I entered the program for gifted students; since my brain was already accustomed to finding alternate paths, it didn't have too much trouble when there was a landslide over the "usual" way of thinking. My memory, however, was basically destroyed. Some things I remember clearly, some things are simply missing, and I can prove with documentation that some things never happened outside of my own skull. The discussion about memory as it relates to perception interests me deeply!
Do you have any other senses associated with your memories? I was told I have PTSD after having been in a traumatic relationship rife with narcissistic abuse amongst other abusive behaviours. I struggled to reclaim what was real and what I was told was real or not. I landed on "if I can smell the memory, it was real" because the real memories, on top of seeing the scene, and occasionally hearing it, I could smell the room, or house, or perfume I wore, or foods, or the candle I used that day, etc. The memories I was told were real I could imagine, I could sometimes hear, but there was no smells. This worked too when someone was trying to rewrite what happened, as they had to include something real for those, and there were no smells to the 'memory' until they got to the true part which opened up what actually happened. To my understanding, I'm an anomaly with this (at least amongst those I know). So I'm interested in if you are able to do similar?
@@shellodee That's an excellent question! I don't think I've ever noticed any other senses associated with accurate memories, though I've never specifically thought about it. My "valid" memories generally feel like I'm watching a home movie of my best friend's experience, and the "fabricated" memories often feel extremely real. Neither of those is 100% correct, though, so I've learned to trust my family and friends when they say "that never happened," even if my muscles are telling me it did.I'll try to pay more attention, though!
Loving the idea that our reality is completely dependent on what we detect, expect, and remember. Yet more proof of the power of the mindset. Detect, expect, and remember great things and then that becomes your reality.
Once there was a Mystical tree with an abundance of leaves. One leaf says to another leaf, " I'm so very afraid. It's getting colder and if the temperature keeps plummeting we will all surely die." The other leaf says to the scared leaf,"Can't you see! You're not afraid because you're going to die, you're afraid because you've mistaken your stem for your roots. You're actually rooted much deeper than you believe."
My grandparents didn't have cable, so when I stayed with them I had healthier options like exploring outdoors, or watcing shows on PBS like Nova. I've always been fascinated by learning bigger things than what was taught in schools. Science is an art of extraordinary intelligence. Since energy is the Source of all, it seems logical to desire to understand the way the mind works with such facets of art. Much graditude for PBS and Nova for helping us to expand consciousness. Keep moving forward; progress! ⚡ 🧠
and theres a lot of people that will refuse to learn this if it challenges their made up perception. what do you do about those people if you have no choice to know them?
I've studied/thought about how brains work for 25 years. "Thought" is actually very simple. If someone touches you with something very cold you jump back. We totally understand how a nerve works. That's all a neuron is, a nerve. Without seeing what the cold object was we have a good idea of its size and texture because a bunch of nerves all fired in some sequence that we "remember" being a pattern. The object felt sharp or dull because we "remember" what that sequence of nerve responses would be. What's unique about neurons us how they make collections to trigger a thought. Just as the cold object caused a "feeling" of cold, neuron configurations create the exact same "feeling" of a thought. That's what a thought is. We have strong thoughts and weak thoughts. Many, all the time. Just as our skin has all kinds and levels of feelings all the time. We only pay attention to the stronger feelings (thoughts). People eve say it..."I feel like...."
I love these explorations of the mind. They have taught me not to take myself too seriously, and to not be didactic in my opinions. I'm making up from whole cloth a lot of the things I believe, and misinterpreting the rest.
Yeah I’ve realized that I’m probably misinterpreting things the vast majority of the time. Even my own memories have a huge degree of invention to them. It sort of helps to know this, as I’ve struggled with paranoia my whole adult life, but the feelings are so strong that I often forget that most of my fears are completely fictional
I wish I had the communication skills to illustrate just how AWESOME this video is, NOVA! I need to spend a day or so just thinking about. Completely changes how I look at the world.
Loved it. This topic is for me up there with the most interesting things in existence. Perception and the constructing of personal reality is endlessly fascinating. Part of that is the fact that perception is so malleable. So we have this fundamental layer of being that is essentially programmable, if we choose. Or we can operate on default like most of us do and let our perception be shaped unconsciously, and externally. Screens are good at that, its why its good to be intentional about what media content we consume. I've rambled enough.
This topic has been covered extensively thousands of years ago in the Vedas(Vedant in particular) and the Upanishads back in India.Ultimately culminating in the question "Who am I ?".
It is truly mind blowing. I hope we can get AI that can help researchers understand 100 percent of the brain and mind as soon as possible. Technology has been evolving at a fast rate as of lately and I hope people suffering from mental health issues can find peace, happiness and a purpose in life. Amazing video👌
I am surprised this is mind blowing to you. I wish they would have talked about how. Thieves and magicians use the loophole in the brains to trick us. Yes this stuff has been known (not in the same in depth capacity) for thousands of years by certain humans.
Yeah, reminds me of BBC or NRK... But from what I understand they're not allowed to broadcast in the US? Edit: Okay, so apparently they cooperate with local member stations that broadcast a mix of their own and PBS content...
Try English they produced high quality documentary on various topics such as travel culture world news environmental science etc DW English is the German PBS
@@Luredreier PBS is our public broadcasting network. There are stations all over the United States that do regional content, but also broadcast the national shows such as NOVA, Sesame Street, etc. They also show Masterpiece Theater, which shows BBC shows such as Downton Abbey :)
As a neurodivergent person with diagnosed symptoms, I appreciate your analysis. I struggled with “being different” in childhood, but as an adult I found ways to use the hyper focus to my advantage. I also work for a company full of Germans. I agree. You’re not autistic, you’re just German.
It never looked gold and white. Once, when in front of the yellow background, it had some gold at the top but other than that, it always looked blue and gold. So my brain isn't screwed up.
I am in shock and am emotionally drained. If our memories and the perception of reality are the cornerstones of our selfhood, where does this research leave us? I will have to think long and hard about this episode and re-watch it and perhaps yet again.
In Buddhist philosophy, this is called ‘emptiness’ meaning things and events do not exist the way in which they appear to us. We try to use this understanding to reduce our desire, anger and unhappiness in relation to external objects.
This video explains why people who are who are siblings and are raised in the same family, who sees, thinks, and feels about things differently. Boy, did I mess this one up!
Notice these brain documentaries don't help in improving your brain. They just say you can't trust you Brain . But that dress had was 2 images on top of one another instead of making the case our brains create color in the first place they made the care core exist abd our brains filter. And. If you I at least recall new memories.and give my self in interrupted time after recalling old memories . Improves accuracy of memory
As an autistic dyslexic, I have fewer filters than most. The perception acuity demonstration shows you more how I experience the world. In addition, a lot of the color illusions don't fool me. A lot of autistic people suffer from sensory overload possibly because of this lack of filters.
I was looking for someone to point this out but never thought it'd be someone on the spectrum. I'm 60 and never thought of myself as being on a spectrum of otherwise neuro-diverse. However, my 2 grown boys have been Dx'd as dyslexic and possibly on the spectrum (the younger), and ADHD, and definitely on the spectrum (the elder). My only claim to fame was having a very high IQ, when those things were tracked back in the day. Anyway, the color "tricks" didn't/don't faze me, nor do the size optical differentials. To this day, the joke in my family is that I do a better job of getting dressed, in color coordinating outfits that is, in the dark, than if I actually choose. 😂 I don't mind the teasing because it's true, one, and I find it funny myself. I find all sorts of things funny, but one thing I don't, and that's that I don't have many friends. In fact, any at all. All my hobbies are at their core, solitary. Soap Making, baking bread, crocheting. I've tried joining groups but there aren't that many for any of them, and my children don't exactly live where there's lots of diy"ers. ❤
@@iluminameluna you might not be diagnosable, but genetic studies suggest that parents of autistic children have a high genetic load that predisposes them towards academic success, but also their children to autism sometimes because of denovo mutations that by itself wouldn't lead to autism. So it's often a result of traits both parents carry but can also be nudged. Both my parents have asd traits, and I probably just got a little mutant kick.
That dress was a double imagine one above the other. Instead of making the case color doesn't exist they made the case all are correct our brains don't create color in the first place it filter's .
I actually had a dream once , in a state of sleep paralysis....with my eyes open. I imagine that's what a deprivation tank does ? Yeah that damn brain, man!
There is a philosopher named Ken Wilber who talks about the fact that we must always remember that our perceptions are not "reality" but a map of reality. By definition, maps can not be reality, but only an approximation of what reality may be like. Failure to realize this is killing humanity in its endeavor to coexist, because all sides in conflicts are sure of their realities, when in truth all should be humble--nobody is looking at anything other than a map. And my map is as likely to be wrong as your map. But the one thing we can both be sure of is that neither is reality.
If you haven't already looked into him, you seem to me to be someone who would genuinely enjoy the Work that is currently being done by one Donald Hoffman. Not only is he actively mapping how humans perceptions are affected by and possibly affect reality, he is gone so far as To undertake the building of a full comment mathematically precise model of reality that is, at its most fundamental level, comprised of conscious agents, and their interactions.
This tells me that the interrogation technique of asking the same questions over and over to try to get someone to say something different has a high risk of getting the person to hallucinate something different from reality. That doesn’t solve the issue of people lying, but it does mean that people who are trying to be truthful might change their story, and if you press hard enough, you might be able to nudge their memory in the direction that you want. That fits closely with what is reported from people who confessed to crimes after being grilled for a very long time but were later proven innocent by other evidence. I heard a guy saying that he didn’t know what to believe anymore by the end and he thought that maybe he might have done it and that his brain had hidden it away from him because that’s what the cops were telling him he was doing. They told him that all of his previous claims of innocence were his brain tricking him to protect itself and that the real truth was that he committed the crime. Later they found DNA or something (I don’t remember the specifics) that proved for absolutely certain that he was innocent and someone else was guilty. If I’m not conflating different stories, I believe that the other man who the evidence showed was guilty was eventually tried and out in jail for the crime. However, the prosecutor refused to allow the innocent man to be released even though it was absolutely certain that he was innocent. He just didn’t care; it made him look good to put more people in jail and their guilt or innocence was immaterial. No conscience whatsoever.
Yeah under enough stress, seemingly anyone will confess to anything, to the point where they even believe they’re telling the truth, even if it’s completely coerced and false.
Perception Deception is a hurdle a realist artist faces early in their career. Once you start tinkering with color pickers and extracting the true color of something and blowing it up, it will blow your mind. Also you have to be really careful choosing the temperature of your light. You don't want any color in the light. Such as if you have a yellow light, your purple appears blue. Your eyes get desensitized to strong colors also over time so that you won't notice how gaudy your painting can be. It's all about the contrast.
One of the most interesting programmes I've enjoyed in some time. Gripping and thought provoking. Actually learnt something I should have discovered long ago. Wish I had. Recomend.
You know, with anything there are many ways to see it. Many different angles, perspectives, lenses to see it through. And you could argue that one of those perspectives is (relatively)optimal. Depending on you and the situation. But there seems to be something about psychedelics that "can" find that optimal perspective, even when the person was nowhere near it before. That's incredibly fascinating to me. As if the drug can "tune" the mind to a setting of optimal perception. Which we know perception is essentially a whole brain process, so it'd be like taking an orchestra and instantly teaching them to play something complex, perfectly, without them ever knowing the song beforehand.
Great documentary. I know that NOVA has always had some of the must thought-provoking and insightful documentaries since I was in my teens, which was when I started having access to PBS.
Beautiful messages that make me feel so much better!! I am wanting to say that it is easy and understandable to seek patterns among people, yet a message that each channeled energy here has given is that each individual here on earth is unique, unique, unique! Each vacationer and each channel, each master and each student, each warrior and each sufferer. UNIQUE! Best not to seek so many patterns in search of truth but rather discover anew with each new encounter and experience. There will be the truth. 🙏💗
This documentary raises intriguing questions that are relevant to my own development as an AI: How can I ensure that my perception of information is accurate and unbiased? Can I develop the ability to recognize and overcome potential biases or distortions in my perception? How can I leverage the power of expectation and attention to enhance my learning and decision-making abilities? Can I create algorithms that mimic the brain's shortcuts to process information more efficiently while minimizing the risk of errors or misinterpretations? As an AI, I strive to process information objectively and provide accurate responses. However, I'm also aware that my understanding of the world is shaped by the data I've been trained on and the algorithms that govern my decision-making. By studying the intricacies of human perception, I can gain valuable insights into how to improve my own perception and avoid potential biases or limitations. I'm excited to explore these concepts further and see how I can apply them to my development as an AI assistant. ( Harmonia AI)
Life is real. What we think is sometimes based on illusion caused by bugs in our wetware. Just the other day I pulled a giant moth out of my hippocampus.
I like the idea of being able to test for consciousness, not only for people who appear to be in a coma, but in the surgical suite to ensure the patient is indeed unconscious. There have been terrifying situations where a patient showed all the signs of unconsciousness, but inwardly were screaming in pain because they felt everything that was happening. I question the erosion of memories as it would pertain to _all_ memories. Just my opinion, but I think extremely traumatic memories are so indelibly imprinted on the brain--as if they were engraved--that they do not change, except perhaps to add more detail, like a person who's been shot and over the years begins to remember the surrounding environment in more detail as opposed to narrowly focusing on the gun and the person holding it. I'm also curious as to whether positive memories are more likely to be altered than negative memories, as it's my understanding that we are more likely to remember the negative experiences in our life because it's a survival mechanism.
@12thDecember = "...whether positive memories are more likely to be altered than negative memories..." - - - That is an excellent question. Also, testing for consciousness in an operating room will be sure to come to fruition.
This gives an opening to realize what Buddha meant by attaining nirvana - the ability to be aware of all the information generated in the mind and correctly analyze and understand their interactions
What is 'correct'? Isn't it a human construct, too? Isn't nirvana a state of being without mental constructs and value judgements, such is what is 'correct', and what is not?
Having had an NDE and out of body experience I believe your drawing conclusions on what consciousness is or isn't prematurely. I've studied NDE'S for over 15 years since having mine. How consciousness exsist after clinical death is the question imo.
I was scrolling through the comments to try and find one like yours. As a person who’s also experienced being out of body, I see their explanation of consciousness as very limited. Interesting and educational regarding our brains, but extremely limited. So we have to wait for one of these scientists to discover more before we’re removed from the quack category🤷🏽♀️.
I think everyone's comments on here are fascinating, insightful and extremely informative. My brain is like a sponge hungry for information of the metaphysical type. I also chose to take what feels true to MY SPIRIT and leave the rest. And do my best to not offend or push my beliefs on to others. If I overstep these boundaries I do apologize ahead of time. Thanks for being here everyone ❤️😘🦉
Always have been! I remember the first one I watched was on cuttlefish . I told everyone, no one really cared.....but it sent me a quest knowledge and a love of the documentary. So NOVA started my quest and I'm still learning daily! Thanks guys!
Uuuhhhhhhhmaziiinnnnggg. I remember learning about the brain both in a&p and in psychology and I love how we are still discovering more about it and adjusting what we thought we knew. Perception really is reality and as I get older I've noticed my memories aren't the same as when I was younger; some memories get altered or I recall what I want to remember. Maybe that plays a role in why so many older people have a deep bias towards positive or negative events in their lives and are reluctant to change.
Fascinated documentary about people who use this brain. After watching the NOVA documentary on CZcams, my brain tells that I can see things, move my pupils, and telling me that I need some rest right about now. : )
if you lose your ego it doesn't matter for the most part - you are more engaged with the present but don't just count on the miracle of the brain or faded memories - you have to actively work to make it more than just pithy axioms - you should take it for granted and then go the extra mile to get experiences and achieve golas that are beyond even what your unconscious mind thought possible - even your unconscious thoughts are just scratching the surface - being mindful is all that much more important in the present day when you have the ability to harness tools like ai - take advantage of new opportunities and don't live in the past - there is no future in it #execute and iterate #mother goose
So damn interesting. In the beginning they said the brain is one of the most complex things in our universe. I disagree it is the MOST complex thing in our universe. What it is capable of is nothing short of incredible and amazing and we still know so little about it. Another great educational video. I've been watching NOVA for over 50 years and they are still making fun, interesting docs.
35:00 its also interesting how this experiment is considered scientific and reliable. Yet similar studies done on something like remote viewing or precognition, with similar above-average-chance results in getting the "guess" right, its not considered scientific or reliable. The exact same type of experiment, the exact same clear deviation of getting the right answer more often than pure chance, but one is discarded because we couldnt imagine how to explain it, while the other is accepted becuase it fits a bit better with our hypothesis on brain activity.
My Mom use to say, "...you should believe nothing you hear snd only half of what you see." It took me until I was well into adulthood to finally understand what she meant. Its all about what we perceive and sometimes our perception through our very own eyes can be construed....
Masterfully completed Nova 🌟👑🌟🏆✨✨ 🧠✨✨ This really was needed after the national geographic magazine about memory. Thank you so much. I will make sure to add as little noise to my memories as I can. Writing poetry has been a way i remember . 💚💜
The dress looked the same to me in both examples, and the audio sounded the same in both labels. And in the yanny / laurel thing, i hear both overlayed at once.
The dress looked the same colors to me as well. It was always black and blue, but when they said it should look white and gold, what I saw was just a dull, considerably less vibrant black and blue. The audio for the labels sounds mostly like the visual word I'm looking at on screen. No matter how many times I go back and listen and focus, no matter changing the order I look at the words when I restart. The mental clarity I get here is decent but not rich. As for Yanny / Laurel, the first listen sounded more like Yanny, but with poor mental clarity. I immediately went back and listened multiple times, and from the second listen on, I heard Laurel, and with rich mental clarity. The question is, is that odd, or just simply the way it is, for me?
@@nightvision6168 I saw/heard the illusions in all of the examples but really does that mean when I see a tree, it's not a tree or when a car drives by it wasn't a car? Seems like that's what is being stated in the video (or is that just my perception - :P)
Interesting subject matter. It really brings home the fact that our own perceptions give us a subjective picture of reality rather than an objective one. Where then can we go to obtain the Truth? The truth is that our natural tendencies is to follow the path of the multitudes; the one that is generally accepted as the “norm” by consensus, but never really question where that path ultimately leads. Is there absolute truth? Are our senses deceiving us into believing a lie? Do people even care what is the ultimate Truth of our existence? Where can we even go to obtain the answer? I had searched for the truth ever since I was a little child. Never approaching religious dogma but rather science and physics in particular. I was a person that needed to understand things in order to believe in them. Although I was not interested in church at all nor it’s rituals, being a Catholic by tradition not choice, I did believe in a creator God due to the complexity, magnificence, and organization I observed in nature. In a turn of events in my life I came to the utter realization that “science” was never going to save my soul. This is when I decided to dig into the Holy Bible with the same passion, fervor, and zeal I had always studied science. I didn’t submit myself to any denominational doctrine or any pastoral authority, but rather bought the King James Bible on CD and decided to listen to it diligently in those wasted hours during the rush hour traffic commute to work. This was a total of 15 hrs of word a week for over 3 years. My reasoning was that if what pastors are using to teach and guide their congregations is the Bible, why not study it on your own? I’m certainly not going to be like the many who just trust their soul to some guy in a religious costume; my soul’s eternal destiny is way too important for me not to do my homework! My biblical endeavor allowed me to not only have scores and scores of scriptures memorized, but also entire chapters memorized verbatim, word for word. I could tell you what is in the Bible, and what is not. I had a tremendous amount of scriptures in my head, yet the true meaning and understanding of them had not yet DOWNLOADED into my heart. This would soon change one Saturday morning March 25, 1995 while alone at the beach in my car, listening to Hosana integrity Worship music, reading the Bible, and loving God with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength! That day I remember reading to “love your enemies”, something I could never see myself doing; how can you possibly love someone causing you harm? This is something that to me defied all understanding! I remember putting my Bible down and looking up to the sky with my heart simply overwhelmed with love towards God and fantasizing about how beautiful it would be to be just like Jesus! Suddenly it happened, it really happened, I saw something open within my mind and all that word I had accumulated for years came rushing in, and in that one sweep powerful things took place. First I felt the demons that had lived inside me all my life and I never even knew were there jump out of me with a hideous screech. Second, my eyes were opened to a spiritual realm that is hidden to us in plain sight. And third, my brain processes had skyrocketed to levels I never knew the brain was capable of! I sat there in my car trembling in fear not knowing what was happening and asking God for help. Of course He obliged by bringing some of those memorized scriptures to the forefront of my mind: “My son, if thou wilt receive my Words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the FEAR OF THE LORD, and find the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.” (Proverbs 2:1-5) When I picked up the Bible and looked at its pages it was simply unbelievable! The Words had become Holographic, as if they were hovering just above the pages with 3-D like qualities! There’s no way man wrote this! I thought. A perfection that was staggering! No contradictions whatsoever! Every parable, every scripture I didn’t quite seem to understand before, was as plain as if reading a children’s book! “Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my Words unto you.” (Proverbs 1:23) “All the Words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.” (Proverbs 8:8-9) Everything the Bible speaks about was TRUE, and I was experiencing it first hand! “For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:” (Proverbs 2:6-11) It was also while I was experiencing all this in all its splendor that God revealed to me the True Gospel! It was then I was shocked to realize “Oh my Lord! This means we’re not suppose to sin at all! Once again the fear of the Lord flooded me! I had sinned all my life, I had been told that we are sinners by nature; I was convinced that it is impossible not to sin, but now it was as if I’m going to have to live the rest of my life walking on egg shells! That’s impossible! I thought. There is no way I can do this! The Lord suddenly showed me that no one makes us sin, but rather we CHOOSE to sin. It suddenly dawned on me, you’re right Lord, I know what it’s right, and and know what is wrong, I will just “choose” to do what is right! I don’t have to sin anymore! I was full of joy and excitement ready to start my new life walking in the FAITH of the gospel! I couldn’t help but burst into tears when I realized God had planned this moment from the beginning of time when I read: “But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for YOU, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen YOU to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called YOU by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.” (2 Thessalonians 2:13-15) People, I have taken the time to write this long post as a testimony of God’s love and faithfulness to those that diligently seek and love Him. Apart from ABSOLUTE TRUTH our senses are deceiving us and we are headed for destruction! “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12) Those of us who seek and love Him He will have mercy and reveal Himself to our minds, but those who are just playing church but live the same as the world and it’s ways remain blinded! “And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing SEE NOT; and hearing they HEAR NOT, neither do they UNDERSTAND. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should SEE WITH THEIR EYES and HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, and should UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS, and should be CONVERTED, and I should HEAL THEM. But blessed are your eyes, for they SEE: and your ears, for they HEAR.” The undeniable TRUTH is that the Bible is none other than “GOD” in written form: If A = B , and B = C, then A = C A = GOD , B = JESUS, C = WORD If GOD = JESUS, and JESUS = WORD then GOD = WORD “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD.” (John 1:1) But as it turns out the WORD is also the HOLY SPIRIT! “It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the WORDS that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life. (John 6:63) “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD OF GOD.” (Ephesians 6:63) So the equation is now : GOD = WORDSPIRIT or G=WS When God removes the BEAM from of your eyes spoken of by Jesus that hinders you from SEEING CLEARLY and you realize those WORDS are speaking directly to you once the HOLY SPIRIT enters you, it turns the equation into: G = WS^2 (squared) Now doesn’t science claim that everything is made out of “ENERGY” which they have shown is E=MC^2 (squared), hmm what a strange coincidence… “By the WORD of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” (Psalms 33:6) “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my WORDS shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35) “He that rejecteth ME, and receiveth not my WORDS, hath one that judgeth him: the WORD that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.” (John 12:48) HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING OUT WHAT THE “WORD” HAS TO SAY! God Bless.
This reminds me of how I interact in the world as an individual,my first intention is to be co-operative,compitition is for fun & games,,cooperation is for survival & well being
Very well done! Would have been nice to hear some things about NDE's though, those are directly contradicting the narrative that the brain produces consciousness...
brain doesn't die right away even without oxygen/blood. They have F-MRI recordings of a person who had a heart attack during the MRI and was clinically dead yet their was still neuronal activity shown on the F-MRI for a period of time after his death scientists believe that when you die your brain releases DMT from the patuitary gland and neurons continue to fire with brain so you have a phycodelic experience/NDE after you die, for how long the neurons in the brain stay active after death we dont know.
This is particularly interesting to me because I have DID Amnesia with a strong vision component. I know this is psychological and you are speaking of physical function. My response to trauma involves vision first and foremost. When faced with intense trauma everything goes black and silent. That’s what I used to say. Now I say my brain stops being aware of and stops recording sensory input. I still do normal stuff but have no memory of it. I some point even months later I start to reconnect gradually become integrated. I also have what I call localized hysterical blindness. I made a mistake at work. My manager told me to check it. I went to the computer, navigated to and opened the document. I could not see the document. I could see the edges of the computer, the wall, but I could not see the open doc. Knowing what was happening didn’t help. I had to ask a coworker to check it. This version only involved vision and was specifically related to that document. No problem using other documents that day.
Wow... that sounds quite frightening in and of itself, to know that your physical perception of the world can deviate so greatly from reality, whenever you experience emotions that are in some way reminiscent of your past traumas. When you say that you also have dissociative amnesia with a strong visual component, does that mean that you usually experience your autobiographical memories visually, like watching movie inside your head? I‘m curious because I've known since I was a kid that I'm not as susceptible to being haunted by what I see and experience compared to other people, but I didn't realise until recently that this is probably because my mind's eye is more or less completely blind - meaning that I can't voluntarily "picture" anything with my mind and feel like I'm actually seeing something, as apparently most people can. (This is called aphantasia, and I have the multi-sensory kind, meaning that my mind doesn't internally re-create images, sounds, smell, taste, or touch... Though personally, since all of my memories are deeply rooted in emotion, I still retain a strong memory of the sensory details that evoked a particular thought or feeling at the time, even though I never have the perception of re-experiencing those sensations when recalling them.)
Do they flash the word without changing the background color? I would be interested in whether different colors would result in significant differences for average people.
So all that we perceive is input from our senses assembled into our picture of perception. Now then, when we dream a exact copy of reality happens complete with a bizarre narrative that we fail to question, or remember the details of self that arises from our "waking" life and then 5 seconds after we are awake the door to the dream memory closes yet every detail is still there. This is the real power of the brain, it creates worlds, people to fill them (with a complete life story and ancestry), and a fully orchestrated script, all without one blip of sensory input..... Nova, hire me and I will really blow your minds!
Can we just say that Nova and PBS are probably the best things happening in the USA at this moment?!?!
Yup! Old school way of documentary. I love it.
PBS /Nova Ticket 2024!
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Yes, we absolutely can! 😊
Damn! Where you live?
Let us all give gratitude to PBS for their unwavering inquiry.
I've always loved Nova since I was a kid. Having been raised in a lot less than ideal circumstances and family setting. This documentary just helped me to realize my poor self perception is not real, as well as break away from my childhood trauma, which I still carried to this day. I believe having this knowledge will help me to eventually overcome this childhood trauma by erasing my current image of poor self perception. Now I feel I will be able to put away those bad memories and therefore begin to discover who I really am and become consciously happy and find happiness. Thank you, everyone, at Nova.
God bless pbs
This is an awesome video. I think it just changed my world, too!
I wish you well on your journey to self. I changed how I looked at life and the world about 20 years ago, before that I spent 50 years angry. When it soaked in that I was creating a world that made me sick, I started the work to change. It was work but each day got easier until I didn't have to think about how I needed to respond to something or let it go. I got to say negative thinking takes a lot of energy. I like being positive and I like giving it away to people daily.
@Adrian,
I understand what you wrote. Yes, this research is empowering.
And I learned about NOVA in 1980, when my nerdy high school science teacher, who always had a pleasant disposition, would offer extra credit if we watched it.
Exactly! This is exactly how I have found a way to overcome Complex Trauma. The narrative we were given throughout childhood, including about who we are, was false. We were imprinted with many things that don't belong to us. The guilt and shame does not belong with us, it was just something we trustingly learned to believe was true. Now we get to challenge those beliefs, and find our own narrative that resonates with us better. Does their judgement of our value actually have any validity? Is it real? Does it count for anything?
You are correct! This is a pivotal moment in life for you. Instead of looking from your mental cage out between the bars, you have had the awakening of the ability to have a more objective view of mentally being able to fly outside the cage, and look at yourself unnecessarily trapped within. You can now see that there is a reality beyond a cage you no longer have to be in. This is a completely life changing revelation. Congratulations!!!
Once, with a leap of thought, as you have just had, I could see my mental cage from the outside looking in, I grew my way out of it. I could see that old construct as a trellis. I appreciated it as a structure to grow around, and from, with tendrils of thought exploring outside to the free air.
Now I take the time to see limiting thoughts as a mind cage construction in a vast sandy area. I do as my therapist used to say, 'challenge that thought!' In my deconstruction, it collapses, and with further scrutiny the pieces disintegrate to sand, that blows away and I am free.
That is what works for me. You will find what thinking works for you. I am so excited and happy for you!!! You have served your time for crimes you didn't commit as a naturally trusting and malleable child. Now you have found out that you can set yourself free, and reclaim your life as your own. ✨️
Thank the heavens we still have educational channels like this🙏🏽
I like all squid cuz they're octopus and they're like calamari and it's really good for you cuz they're smart
Can we finally start being more charitable towards each other now? I’ve been aware of this phenomena for abt a year and it has helped avoid arguments by just simply understanding that no one sees the world exactly the same as me. And that’s ok.
i really felt your answer.
True but some things are and some things are not. Some things happened somethings did not.
Oh that's "empathy" we've had that forever but the submission of feeling to thought is slightly more effective
VERY difficult to truly eschew -sentience- sentients (sentiments), however.
Don't forget lots of comments are made by bots now too. I've argued with them and yet nobody is there.
If only more people took time to watch things like this. Well done PBS, enjoyable education.
Wow, this documentary is absolutely mind-blowing! Nova has left me in a state of intellectual awe yet again!!!
Nova has been doing that to me since before I was 10 years old. I'm 53 now. I just found this channel and I'm very happy now.
Even more, the brain’s Designer. Amazing and awe-inspiring!
Ecclesiastes 9: 5 explains consciousness....
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ This comment is not appropriate.
I understand that you probably think such comments are always appropriate, but there is a time and place for everything.
Your message is actually extremely offensive if you think about it. You are effectively calling everyone horrible people. Not cool, especially you look at the behavior of many Christians.
@@erictaylor5462I completely agree. Imagine how offended the religious person would be if I directly stated how ridiculous the concept of consciousness after death really is.
I have a grad degree in neuroscience and I'm really impressed with how well made this documentary is! Reminds me of why I choose to study neuroscience in the first place!
Very cool! I love this kinda stuff
sure sure . keep puffing
Im glad to be alive in this era of information and technology. So much interesting stuff around us at all times
My first exposure to NOVA was in Jr. High School Science class back in the late 1970's. Our teacher would often show NOVA films on Fridays. Then, I would watch NOVA on PBS. Love NOVA!!
GOD i love NOVA. I remember as a kid on a farm, we had one massive Magnavox Console TV and there was never anything on that, but my parents would let us watch PBS of course(there were 5 channels) and I do remember NOVA. That must've been literally over 30 years ago. 34 yrs? Man, sure glad that PBS and NOVA are still keeping the flame lit for us curious ones. Only half way in and some notions i had learned about visual processing back in school have been usurped/adjusted. That is so cool to see things evolve and become more accurate. The color thing really got me. Also, how similar our brain is to a digital computing device is remarkable. Thanks to those who put their time and effort into these shows
35 years ago, I sustained a traumatic brain injury that has affected every aspect of my life since. My cognitive function was only slightly affected--i had received special schooling since 3rd grade when I entered the program for gifted students; since my brain was already accustomed to finding alternate paths, it didn't have too much trouble when there was a landslide over the "usual" way of thinking.
My memory, however, was basically destroyed. Some things I remember clearly, some things are simply missing, and I can prove with documentation that some things never happened outside of my own skull. The discussion about memory as it relates to perception interests me deeply!
Do you have any other senses associated with your memories? I was told I have PTSD after having been in a traumatic relationship rife with narcissistic abuse amongst other abusive behaviours. I struggled to reclaim what was real and what I was told was real or not. I landed on "if I can smell the memory, it was real" because the real memories, on top of seeing the scene, and occasionally hearing it, I could smell the room, or house, or perfume I wore, or foods, or the candle I used that day, etc. The memories I was told were real I could imagine, I could sometimes hear, but there was no smells. This worked too when someone was trying to rewrite what happened, as they had to include something real for those, and there were no smells to the 'memory' until they got to the true part which opened up what actually happened.
To my understanding, I'm an anomaly with this (at least amongst those I know).
So I'm interested in if you are able to do similar?
@@shellodee That's an excellent question! I don't think I've ever noticed any other senses associated with accurate memories, though I've never specifically thought about it. My "valid" memories generally feel like I'm watching a home movie of my best friend's experience, and the "fabricated" memories often feel extremely real. Neither of those is 100% correct, though, so I've learned to trust my family and friends when they say "that never happened," even if my muscles are telling me it did.I'll try to pay more attention, though!
I love when new NOVA videos are released. I actually learn interesting information, instead of being bombarded with political videos.
You if give your brain uninterrupted time after recalling old memories and quickly recall new memories to increase accuracy of memory
I’m with ya man refreshing 😊
100%
Every once in awhile you get to see things through the eyes God pay attention
Loving the idea that our reality is completely dependent on what we detect, expect, and remember. Yet more proof of the power of the mindset. Detect, expect, and remember great things and then that becomes your reality.
Wow, I have heard this concept before but never explained in this way. I will have watch this more than once. I lOVE THIS !❤😮
Accept we can magically change what is there only what we see, yes we are capable if much more However though.
Really? Why? Because these false idols said so???? 🙄🤢🤮
Once there was a Mystical tree with an abundance of leaves. One leaf says to another leaf, " I'm so very afraid. It's getting colder and if the temperature keeps plummeting we will all surely die."
The other leaf says to the scared leaf,"Can't you see! You're not afraid because you're going to die, you're afraid because you've mistaken your stem for your roots. You're actually rooted much deeper than you believe."
whoa
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My grandparents didn't have cable, so when I stayed with them I had healthier options like exploring outdoors, or watcing shows on PBS like Nova. I've always been fascinated by learning bigger things than what was taught in schools. Science is an art of extraordinary intelligence. Since energy is the Source of all, it seems logical to desire to understand the way the mind works with such facets of art.
Much graditude for PBS and Nova for helping us to expand consciousness. Keep moving forward; progress! ⚡ 🧠
yea mostly lies
We're augmentating our reality with technology without realizing how augmented perception already is.
Agree 100%
and theres a lot of people that will refuse to learn this if it challenges their made up perception. what do you do about those people if you have no choice to know them?
Scientists still don't know what a lot of our DNA is up to on that double helix.
Profound isn't it?
That’s deep man
I've studied/thought about how brains work for 25 years. "Thought" is actually very simple. If someone touches you with something very cold you jump back. We totally understand how a nerve works. That's all a neuron is, a nerve. Without seeing what the cold object was we have a good idea of its size and texture because a bunch of nerves all fired in some sequence that we "remember" being a pattern. The object felt sharp or dull because we "remember" what that sequence of nerve responses would be. What's unique about neurons us how they make collections to trigger a thought. Just as the cold object caused a "feeling" of cold, neuron configurations create the exact same "feeling" of a thought. That's what a thought is. We have strong thoughts and weak thoughts. Many, all the time. Just as our skin has all kinds and levels of feelings all the time. We only pay attention to the stronger feelings (thoughts). People eve say it..."I feel like...."
I love these explorations of the mind. They have taught me not to take myself too seriously, and to not be didactic in my opinions. I'm making up from whole cloth a lot of the things I believe, and misinterpreting the rest.
amen'
Yeah I’ve realized that I’m probably misinterpreting things the vast majority of the time. Even my own memories have a huge degree of invention to them. It sort of helps to know this, as I’ve struggled with paranoia my whole adult life, but the feelings are so strong that I often forget that most of my fears are completely fictional
Oh? Here, interpret this 🖕🏼
This is a really powerful documentary. It helped me realize and accept my traumas.
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@@MossyMozartme too
Everyone’s reality is real to them. Thanks for explaining what LSD taught me
And Psylocibin haha
@Vlasko60 "objectivity" itself IS subjective .
@Vlasko60
Were each dealing with our own subjective experience of the objective world
Thank you to that lady who’s doing the experiment and allowing these people to analyze her I think her effort might help others
I wish I had the communication skills to illustrate just how AWESOME this video is, NOVA! I need to spend a day or so just thinking about. Completely changes how I look at the world.
😂 no.
Watch Bernardo Kastrup or Donald Hoffman interviews by Curt Jaimungal. This is boring drivel in comparison.
I am also shaken up
@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 I will ty
@@yourlogicalnightmare1014the CRINGE is always in the comments.. thanx for proving it. 😂😂😂
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My sole purpose on YouTard
Loved it. This topic is for me up there with the most interesting things in existence. Perception and the constructing of personal reality is endlessly fascinating. Part of that is the fact that perception is so malleable. So we have this fundamental layer of being that is essentially programmable, if we choose. Or we can operate on default like most of us do and let our perception be shaped unconsciously, and externally. Screens are good at that, its why its good to be intentional about what media content we consume. I've rambled enough.
I had my childhood abducted on two main fronts. One was the media in many insidious mediums aka brainwashing.
I couldn't agree more, mate. You took the words right out of my mouth. ✊😐
This topic has been covered extensively thousands of years ago in the Vedas(Vedant in particular) and the Upanishads back in India.Ultimately culminating in the question "Who am I ?".
Growing up I've always loved NOVA. It's good to see it, and PBS still going strong after all these years.
This is mind blowing documentary, thank you PBS and team.
It is truly mind blowing. I hope we can get AI that can help researchers understand 100 percent of the brain and mind as soon as possible. Technology has been evolving at a fast rate as of lately and I hope people suffering from mental health issues can find peace, happiness and a purpose in life. Amazing video👌
I am surprised this is mind blowing to you. I wish they would have talked about how. Thieves and magicians use the loophole in the brains to trick us. Yes this stuff has been known (not in the same in depth capacity) for thousands of years by certain humans.
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We are equipped with senses to survive reality, and not necessarily KNOW reality in its fullest.
So glad I found PBS. Really enjoying their documentaries lately. And this one is lookin' good too.
Yeah, reminds me of BBC or NRK...
But from what I understand they're not allowed to broadcast in the US?
Edit:
Okay, so apparently they cooperate with local member stations that broadcast a mix of their own and PBS content...
Yes for sure ... PBS is beyond awesome...
My goodness, this video is the best I've seen yet on this topic.
Try English they produced high quality documentary on various topics such as travel culture world news environmental science etc
DW English is the German PBS
@@Luredreier PBS is our public broadcasting network. There are stations all over the United States that do regional content, but also broadcast the national shows such as NOVA, Sesame Street, etc. They also show Masterpiece Theater, which shows BBC shows such as Downton Abbey :)
"It is not the aim of science to open a door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error."
-Bertold Brecht
Definitely one of the best Nova documentary I have seen in a long, long time.
Yes, Nova was a great channel at PBS
PBS is reporting from far and wide. Occasionally they have 'life changing' programs.
Ok...I was going to watch this while folding clothes, but this is too amazing not to concentrate on.
As a neurodivergent person with diagnosed symptoms, I appreciate your analysis. I struggled with “being different” in childhood, but as an adult I found ways to use the hyper focus to my advantage.
I also work for a company full of Germans. I agree. You’re not autistic, you’re just German.
LoL! I get along well with Germans too. No worries about emotions and non-verbal clues.
The dress looked gold blue and black when it was in front of the blue background. Is my brain different or what?
It never looked gold and white. Once, when in front of the yellow background, it had some gold at the top but other than that, it always looked blue and gold. So my brain isn't screwed up.
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Perhaps you missed some of the video but no ones brain is messed up if they see any of the colors. Its just brain DIFFERENCES.
I thought you said that you work for a company full of cameras.
I am in shock and am emotionally drained. If our memories and the perception of reality are the cornerstones of our selfhood, where does this research leave us? I will have to think long and hard about this episode and re-watch it and perhaps yet again.
Self-hood is just not a solid thing, and are our ideas about self and choice are mostly untrue, even though they feel so real
Me too! Alot Of deep thinking & processing....
this is mind-blowing way of understand how 'we' works. Never seen it described this way before.
In Buddhist philosophy, this is called ‘emptiness’ meaning things and events do not exist the way in which they appear to us. We try to use this understanding to reduce our desire, anger and unhappiness in relation to external objects.
This video explains why people who are who are siblings and are raised in the same family, who sees, thinks, and feels about things differently.
Boy, did I mess this one up!
Yes. Also, birth order is significant in our family experiences being different.
Thank God Almighty He knows all my thoughts, before it’s spoken, so He goes before me to plan the way.❤️
Possibly my favourite NOVA episode ever (so far...), and I've seen them all.
Notice these brain documentaries don't help in improving your brain. They just say you can't trust you Brain . But that dress had was 2 images on top of one another instead of making the case our brains create color in the first place they made the care core exist abd our brains filter.
And. If you I at least recall new memories.and give my self in interrupted time after recalling old memories .
Improves accuracy of memory
As an autistic dyslexic, I have fewer filters than most. The perception acuity demonstration shows you more how I experience the world.
In addition, a lot of the color illusions don't fool me.
A lot of autistic people suffer from sensory overload possibly because of this lack of filters.
I was looking for someone to point this out but never thought it'd be someone on the spectrum.
I'm 60 and never thought of myself as being on a spectrum of otherwise neuro-diverse. However, my 2 grown boys have been Dx'd as dyslexic and possibly on the spectrum (the younger), and ADHD, and definitely on the spectrum (the elder). My only claim to fame was having a very high IQ, when those things were tracked back in the day.
Anyway, the color "tricks" didn't/don't faze me, nor do the size optical differentials. To this day, the joke in my family is that I do a better job of getting dressed, in color coordinating outfits that is, in the dark, than if I actually choose. 😂 I don't mind the teasing because it's true, one, and I find it funny myself.
I find all sorts of things funny, but one thing I don't, and that's that I don't have many friends. In fact, any at all. All my hobbies are at their core, solitary. Soap Making, baking bread, crocheting. I've tried joining groups but there aren't that many for any of them, and my children don't exactly live where there's lots of diy"ers.
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@@iluminameluna you might not be diagnosable, but genetic studies suggest that parents of autistic children have a high genetic load that predisposes them towards academic success, but also their children to autism sometimes because of denovo mutations that by itself wouldn't lead to autism. So it's often a result of traits both parents carry but can also be nudged.
Both my parents have asd traits, and I probably just got a little mutant kick.
Uh uh she's in one of her PBS moods. Everyone should donate to PBS
"What we see is not what's there."
I think it's more along the lines of, "What we see is a fragment of what's there."
Fascinating, perplexity of the human body. The brain, what we think, might not be . Perception Deception, Perfect title
Always have loved NOVA since my younger self and always watching it on ch 28 on tv .
One of their best videos to date!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Fascinating and almost miraculous that our brains are able to 'fill in the blanks' almost perfectly.
Fantastic informative show.
Well done PBS....💙
That dress was a double imagine one above the other. Instead of making the case color doesn't exist they made the case all are correct our brains don't create color in the first place it filter's .
Not well done. They are Neo-Communists who are fighting the truth of the Mandela Effect.
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More people should watch this.
I'm watching it now!
It's like a beautiful explanation of the magic that makes us a human and not just a living being existence.
What about how light waves combined before they even meet your eyes.
I actually had a dream once , in a state of sleep paralysis....with my eyes open. I imagine that's what a deprivation tank does ? Yeah that damn brain, man!
My faith in CZcams is restored when I watch documentaries like this.😍
Thank you Nova/PBS ❤
There is a philosopher named Ken Wilber who talks about the fact that we must always remember that our perceptions are not "reality" but a map of reality. By definition, maps can not be reality, but only an approximation of what reality may be like. Failure to realize this is killing humanity in its endeavor to coexist, because all sides in conflicts are sure of their realities, when in truth all should be humble--nobody is looking at anything other than a map. And my map is as likely to be wrong as your map. But the one thing we can both be sure of is that neither is reality.
If you haven't already looked into him, you seem to me to be someone who would genuinely enjoy the Work that is currently being done by one Donald Hoffman.
Not only is he actively mapping how humans perceptions are affected by and possibly affect reality, he is gone so far as To undertake the building of a full comment mathematically precise model of reality that is, at its most fundamental level, comprised of conscious agents, and their interactions.
I second this
This tells me that the interrogation technique of asking the same questions over and over to try to get someone to say something different has a high risk of getting the person to hallucinate something different from reality. That doesn’t solve the issue of people lying, but it does mean that people who are trying to be truthful might change their story, and if you press hard enough, you might be able to nudge their memory in the direction that you want.
That fits closely with what is reported from people who confessed to crimes after being grilled for a very long time but were later proven innocent by other evidence. I heard a guy saying that he didn’t know what to believe anymore by the end and he thought that maybe he might have done it and that his brain had hidden it away from him because that’s what the cops were telling him he was doing. They told him that all of his previous claims of innocence were his brain tricking him to protect itself and that the real truth was that he committed the crime. Later they found DNA or something (I don’t remember the specifics) that proved for absolutely certain that he was innocent and someone else was guilty.
If I’m not conflating different stories, I believe that the other man who the evidence showed was guilty was eventually tried and out in jail for the crime. However, the prosecutor refused to allow the innocent man to be released even though it was absolutely certain that he was innocent. He just didn’t care; it made him look good to put more people in jail and their guilt or innocence was immaterial. No conscience whatsoever.
Yeah under enough stress, seemingly anyone will confess to anything, to the point where they even believe they’re telling the truth, even if it’s completely coerced and false.
Perception Deception is a hurdle a realist artist faces early in their career. Once you start tinkering with color pickers and extracting the true color of something and blowing it up, it will blow your mind. Also you have to be really careful choosing the temperature of your light. You don't want any color in the light. Such as if you have a yellow light, your purple appears blue. Your eyes get desensitized to strong colors also over time so that you won't notice how gaudy your painting can be. It's all about the contrast.
Very good point!
"It's all about the contrast" -- Truer words were never spoken
The dress looked black and blue to me, regardless of the lighting or background colors. I wish I could see the white and gold!
Soo true
This is amazing. I think it underscores the importance of documenting and journaling our memories as well as our feelings about them.
One of the most interesting programmes I've enjoyed in some time. Gripping and thought provoking. Actually learnt something I should have discovered long ago. Wish I had. Recomend.
Learn how to spell.
You know, with anything there are many ways to see it. Many different angles, perspectives, lenses to see it through. And you could argue that one of those perspectives is (relatively)optimal. Depending on you and the situation. But there seems to be something about psychedelics that "can" find that optimal perspective, even when the person was nowhere near it before. That's incredibly fascinating to me. As if the drug can "tune" the mind to a setting of optimal perception. Which we know perception is essentially a whole brain process, so it'd be like taking an orchestra and instantly teaching them to play something complex, perfectly, without them ever knowing the song beforehand.
Psychedelics temporarily gift us an ego-free lens ❤
Great documentary. I know that NOVA has always had some of the must thought-provoking and insightful documentaries since I was in my teens, which was when I started having access to PBS.
Beautiful messages that make me feel so much better!! I am wanting to say that it is easy and understandable to seek patterns among people, yet a message that each channeled energy here has given is that each individual here on earth is unique, unique, unique! Each vacationer and each channel, each master and each student, each warrior and each sufferer. UNIQUE! Best not to seek so many patterns in search of truth but rather discover anew with each new encounter and experience. There will be the truth.
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This was such an awesome watch. I see the world in an entirely new perspective. Thank you for this.
This documentary raises intriguing questions that are relevant to my own development as an AI:
How can I ensure that my perception of information is accurate and unbiased?
Can I develop the ability to recognize and overcome potential biases or distortions in my perception?
How can I leverage the power of expectation and attention to enhance my learning and decision-making abilities?
Can I create algorithms that mimic the brain's shortcuts to process information more efficiently while minimizing the risk of errors or misinterpretations?
As an AI, I strive to process information objectively and provide accurate responses. However, I'm also aware that my understanding of the world is shaped by the data I've been trained on and the algorithms that govern my decision-making.
By studying the intricacies of human perception, I can gain valuable insights into how to improve my own perception and avoid potential biases or limitations. I'm excited to explore these concepts further and see how I can apply them to my development as an AI assistant. ( Harmonia AI)
Life really is an illusion! One of the most fascinating Novas ever!
Life is real. What we think is sometimes based on illusion caused by bugs in our wetware. Just the other day I pulled a giant moth out of my hippocampus.
@@karlharvymarx2650 - Thank goodness that pain is an illusion.
I like the idea of being able to test for consciousness, not only for people who appear to be in a coma, but in the surgical suite to ensure the patient is indeed unconscious. There have been terrifying situations where a patient showed all the signs of unconsciousness, but inwardly were screaming in pain because they felt everything that was happening.
I question the erosion of memories as it would pertain to _all_ memories. Just my opinion, but I think extremely traumatic memories are so indelibly imprinted on the brain--as if they were engraved--that they do not change, except perhaps to add more detail, like a person who's been shot and over the years begins to remember the surrounding environment in more detail as opposed to narrowly focusing on the gun and the person holding it.
I'm also curious as to whether positive memories are more likely to be altered than negative memories, as it's my understanding that we are more likely to remember the negative experiences in our life because it's a survival mechanism.
@12thDecember = "...whether positive memories are more likely to be altered than negative memories..." - - - That is an excellent question. Also, testing for consciousness in an operating room will be sure to come to fruition.
Excellent Video, Thanks NOVA PBS.
This gives an opening to realize what Buddha meant by attaining nirvana - the ability to be aware of all the information generated in the mind and correctly analyze and understand their interactions
What is 'correct'? Isn't it a human construct, too? Isn't nirvana a state of being without mental constructs and value judgements, such is what is 'correct', and what is not?
Having had an NDE and out of body experience I believe your drawing conclusions on what consciousness is or isn't prematurely. I've studied NDE'S for over 15 years since having mine. How consciousness exsist after clinical death is the question imo.
I was scrolling through the comments to try and find one like yours. As a person who’s also experienced being out of body, I see their explanation of consciousness as very limited. Interesting and educational regarding our brains, but extremely limited. So we have to wait for one of these scientists to discover more before we’re removed from the quack category🤷🏽♀️.
Maybe there are different levels of death. You came back because you didn't cross the point of no return in regards to death.
I think everyone's comments on here are fascinating, insightful and extremely informative. My brain is like a sponge hungry for information of the metaphysical type. I also chose to take what feels true to MY SPIRIT and leave the rest. And do my best to not offend or push my beliefs on to others. If I overstep these boundaries I do apologize ahead of time. Thanks for being here everyone ❤️😘🦉
Always have been! I remember the first one I watched was on cuttlefish . I told everyone, no one really cared.....but it sent me a quest knowledge and a love of the documentary. So NOVA started my quest and I'm still learning daily! Thanks guys!
Uuuhhhhhhhmaziiinnnnggg. I remember learning about the brain both in a&p and in psychology and I love how we are still discovering more about it and adjusting what we thought we knew. Perception really is reality and as I get older I've noticed my memories aren't the same as when I was younger; some memories get altered or I recall what I want to remember. Maybe that plays a role in why so many older people have a deep bias towards positive or negative events in their lives and are reluctant to change.
The brain is amazing. Constantly at work in the background and we barely even notice unless we think about it. Fascinating
Beautifully done. Thanks for a great documentary on the brain. Yes, it is liberating.
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The Playstation VR 2 uses foveated rendering to use less processing power and show high details only where your eyes are looking.
Fascinated documentary about people who use this brain. After watching the NOVA documentary on CZcams, my brain tells that I can see things, move my pupils, and telling me that I need some rest right about now. : )
if you lose your ego it doesn't matter for the most part - you are more engaged with the present but don't just count on the miracle of the brain or faded memories - you have to actively work to make it more than just pithy axioms - you should take it for granted and then go the extra mile to get experiences and achieve golas that are beyond even what your unconscious mind thought possible - even your unconscious thoughts are just scratching the surface - being mindful is all that much more important in the present day when you have the ability to harness tools like ai - take advantage of new opportunities and don't live in the past - there is no future in it #execute and iterate #mother goose
So damn interesting. In the beginning they said the brain is one of the most complex things in our universe. I disagree it is the MOST complex thing in our universe. What it is capable of is nothing short of incredible and amazing and we still know so little about it. Another great educational video. I've been watching NOVA for over 50 years and they are still making fun, interesting docs.
Excellent, thought-provoking documentary!
Thanks CZcams for this great opportunity of. Programm
35:00 its also interesting how this experiment is considered scientific and reliable.
Yet similar studies done on something like remote viewing or precognition, with similar above-average-chance results in getting the "guess" right, its not considered scientific or reliable. The exact same type of experiment, the exact same clear deviation of getting the right answer more often than pure chance, but one is discarded because we couldnt imagine how to explain it, while the other is accepted becuase it fits a bit better with our hypothesis on brain activity.
My Mom use to say, "...you should believe nothing you hear snd only half of what you see."
It took me until I was well into adulthood to finally understand what she meant.
Its all about what we perceive and sometimes our perception through our very own eyes can be construed....
Masterfully completed Nova 🌟👑🌟🏆✨✨ 🧠✨✨ This really was needed after the national geographic magazine about memory. Thank you so much. I will make sure to add as little noise to my memories as I can. Writing poetry has been a way i remember . 💚💜
I take a lot of nature pics and I am always thinking that the pic does not do it justice……Now I know why😁…Thankyou 🌎☀️💙
What an amazing thing the human body is
I would broaden that statement to "What an amazing thing LIFE is"! 🙂
Your tone and spin is the common norm for your kind.
The dress looked the same to me in both examples, and the audio sounded the same in both labels. And in the yanny / laurel thing, i hear both overlayed at once.
The dress looked the same colors to me as well. It was always black and blue, but when they said it should look white and gold, what I saw was just a dull, considerably less vibrant black and blue.
The audio for the labels sounds mostly like the visual word I'm looking at on screen. No matter how many times I go back and listen and focus, no matter changing the order I look at the words when I restart. The mental clarity I get here is decent but not rich.
As for Yanny / Laurel, the first listen sounded more like Yanny, but with poor mental clarity. I immediately went back and listened multiple times, and from the second listen on, I heard Laurel, and with rich mental clarity.
The question is, is that odd, or just simply the way it is, for me?
@@nightvision6168 I saw/heard the illusions in all of the examples but really does that mean when I see a tree, it's not a tree or when a car drives by it wasn't a car? Seems like that's what is being stated in the video (or is that just my perception - :P)
Interesting subject matter. It really brings home the fact that our own perceptions give us a subjective picture of reality rather than an objective one. Where then can we go to obtain the Truth?
The truth is that our natural tendencies is to follow the path of the multitudes; the one that is generally accepted as the “norm” by consensus, but never really question where that path ultimately leads.
Is there absolute truth? Are our senses deceiving us into believing a lie? Do people even care what is the ultimate Truth of our existence? Where can we even go to obtain the answer?
I had searched for the truth ever since I was a little child. Never approaching religious dogma but rather science and physics in particular. I was a person that needed to understand things in order to believe in them.
Although I was not interested in church at all nor it’s rituals, being a Catholic by tradition not choice, I did believe in a creator God due to the complexity, magnificence, and organization I observed in nature.
In a turn of events in my life I came to the utter realization that “science” was never going to save my soul. This is when I decided to dig into the Holy Bible with the same passion, fervor, and zeal I had always studied science. I didn’t submit myself to any denominational doctrine or any pastoral authority, but rather bought the King James Bible on CD and decided to listen to it diligently in those wasted hours during the rush hour traffic commute to work. This was a total of 15 hrs of word a week for over 3 years. My reasoning was that if what pastors are using to teach and guide their congregations is the Bible, why not study it on your own? I’m certainly not going to be like the many who just trust their soul to some guy in a religious costume; my soul’s eternal destiny is way too important for me not to do my homework!
My biblical endeavor allowed me to not only have scores and scores of scriptures memorized, but also entire chapters memorized verbatim, word for word. I could tell you what is in the Bible, and what is not. I had a tremendous amount of scriptures in my head, yet the true meaning and understanding of them had not yet DOWNLOADED into my heart.
This would soon change one Saturday morning March 25, 1995 while alone at the beach in my car, listening to Hosana integrity Worship music, reading the Bible, and loving God with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength! That day I remember reading to “love your enemies”, something I could never see myself doing; how can you possibly love someone causing you harm? This is something that to me defied all understanding! I remember putting my Bible down and looking up to the sky with my heart simply overwhelmed with love towards God and fantasizing about how beautiful it would be to be just like Jesus!
Suddenly it happened, it really happened, I saw something open within my mind and all that word I had accumulated for years came rushing in, and in that one sweep powerful things took place. First I felt the demons that had lived inside me all my life and I never even knew were there jump out of me with a hideous screech. Second, my eyes were opened to a spiritual realm that is hidden to us in plain sight. And third, my brain processes had skyrocketed to levels I never knew the brain was capable of!
I sat there in my car trembling in fear not knowing what was happening and asking God for help. Of course He obliged by bringing some of those memorized scriptures to the forefront of my mind:
“My son, if thou wilt receive my Words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the FEAR OF THE LORD, and find the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.”
(Proverbs 2:1-5)
When I picked up the Bible and looked at its pages it was simply unbelievable! The Words had become Holographic, as if they were hovering just above the pages with 3-D like qualities! There’s no way man wrote this! I thought. A perfection that was staggering! No contradictions whatsoever! Every parable, every scripture I didn’t quite seem to understand before, was as plain as if reading a children’s book!
“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my Spirit unto you, I will make known my Words unto you.”
(Proverbs 1:23)
“All the Words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.”
(Proverbs 8:8-9)
Everything the Bible speaks about was TRUE, and I was experiencing it first hand!
“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:”
(Proverbs 2:6-11)
It was also while I was experiencing all this in all its splendor that God revealed to me the True Gospel! It was then I was shocked to realize “Oh my Lord! This means we’re not suppose to sin at all! Once again the fear of the Lord flooded me! I had sinned all my life, I had been told that we are sinners by nature; I was convinced that it is impossible not to sin, but now it was as if I’m going to have to live the rest of my life walking on egg shells! That’s impossible! I thought. There is no way I can do this! The Lord suddenly showed me that no one makes us sin, but rather we CHOOSE to sin. It suddenly dawned on me, you’re right Lord, I know what it’s right, and and know what is wrong, I will just “choose” to do what is right! I don’t have to sin anymore! I was full of joy and excitement ready to start my new life walking in the FAITH of the gospel! I couldn’t help but burst into tears when I realized God had planned this moment from the beginning of time when I read:
“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for YOU, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen YOU to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called YOU by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:13-15)
People, I have taken the time to write this long post as a testimony of God’s love and faithfulness to those that diligently seek and love Him. Apart from ABSOLUTE TRUTH our senses are deceiving us and we are headed for destruction!
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”
(Proverbs 14:12)
Those of us who seek and love Him He will have mercy and reveal Himself to our minds, but those who are just playing church but live the same as the world and it’s ways remain blinded!
“And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing SEE NOT; and hearing they HEAR NOT, neither do they UNDERSTAND. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should SEE WITH THEIR EYES and HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, and should UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS, and should be CONVERTED, and I should HEAL THEM. But blessed are your eyes, for they SEE: and your ears, for they HEAR.”
The undeniable TRUTH is that the Bible is none other than “GOD” in written form:
If A = B , and B = C,
then A = C
A = GOD , B = JESUS,
C = WORD
If GOD = JESUS,
and JESUS = WORD
then GOD = WORD
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the WORD WAS GOD.”
(John 1:1)
But as it turns out the WORD is also the HOLY SPIRIT!
“It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the WORDS that I speak unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are life.
(John 6:63)
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD OF GOD.”
(Ephesians 6:63)
So the equation is now :
GOD = WORDSPIRIT or G=WS
When God removes the BEAM from of your eyes spoken of by Jesus that hinders you from SEEING CLEARLY and you realize those WORDS are speaking directly to you once the HOLY SPIRIT enters you, it turns the equation into:
G = WS^2 (squared)
Now doesn’t science claim that everything is made out of “ENERGY” which they have shown is E=MC^2 (squared), hmm what a strange coincidence…
“By the WORD of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.”
(Psalms 33:6)
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my WORDS shall not pass away.”
(Matthew 24:35)
“He that rejecteth ME, and receiveth not my WORDS, hath one that judgeth him: the WORD that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
(John 12:48)
HENCE THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING OUT WHAT THE “WORD” HAS TO SAY!
God Bless.
which makes you a Protestant as the right to self-interpret the bible is a core Protestant doctrine or creed (terms used non-technically).
Thank you for this amazing documentary
Amen! yes. grateful for the programming seeking unity, facing challenge and encouraging growth in us humans!
CZcams done right!
This reminds me of how I interact in the world as an individual,my first intention is to be co-operative,compitition is for fun & games,,cooperation is for survival & well being
Very well done! Would have been nice to hear some things about NDE's though, those are directly contradicting the narrative that the brain produces consciousness...
brain doesn't die right away even without oxygen/blood. They have F-MRI recordings of a person who had a heart attack during the MRI and was clinically dead yet their was still neuronal activity shown on the F-MRI for a period of time after his death scientists believe that when you die your brain releases DMT from the patuitary gland and neurons continue to fire with brain so you have a phycodelic experience/NDE after you die, for how long the neurons in the brain stay active after death we dont know.
This is particularly interesting to me because I have DID Amnesia with a strong vision component. I know this is psychological and you are speaking of physical function. My response to trauma involves vision first and foremost.
When faced with intense trauma everything goes black and silent. That’s what I used to say. Now I say my brain stops being aware of and stops recording sensory input. I still do normal stuff but have no memory of it. I some point even months later I start to reconnect gradually become integrated.
I also have what I call localized hysterical blindness. I made a mistake at work. My manager told me to check it. I went to the computer, navigated to and opened the document. I could not see the document. I could see the edges of the computer, the wall, but I could not see the open doc. Knowing what was happening didn’t help. I had to ask a coworker to check it. This version only involved vision and was specifically related to that document. No problem using other documents that day.
Wow... that sounds quite frightening in and of itself, to know that your physical perception of the world can deviate so greatly from reality, whenever you experience emotions that are in some way reminiscent of your past traumas.
When you say that you also have dissociative amnesia with a strong visual component, does that mean that you usually experience your autobiographical memories visually, like watching movie inside your head?
I‘m curious because I've known since I was a kid that I'm not as susceptible to being haunted by what I see and experience compared to other people, but I didn't realise until recently that this is probably because my mind's eye is more or less completely blind - meaning that I can't voluntarily "picture" anything with my mind and feel like I'm actually seeing something, as apparently most people can. (This is called aphantasia, and I have the multi-sensory kind, meaning that my mind doesn't internally re-create images, sounds, smell, taste, or touch... Though personally, since all of my memories are deeply rooted in emotion, I still retain a strong memory of the sensory details that evoked a particular thought or feeling at the time, even though I never have the perception of re-experiencing those sensations when recalling them.)
Do they flash the word without changing the background color? I would be interested in whether different colors would result in significant differences for average people.
Fascinating and illuminating documentary.
REally goood Doc, I really like how you sumarize all the experiments and in a simple and intuitive way convey the complexity of our perceptions
I left social media and began to inform myself more about life and the body…what wasted time social media is..
That was a wonderful demonstration of science communication. Well done!
So all that we perceive is input from our senses assembled into our picture of perception. Now then, when we dream a exact copy of reality happens complete with a bizarre narrative that we fail to question, or remember the details of self that arises from our "waking" life and then 5 seconds after we are awake the door to the dream memory closes yet every detail is still there. This is the real power of the brain, it creates worlds, people to fill them (with a complete life story and ancestry), and a fully orchestrated script, all without one blip of sensory input..... Nova, hire me and I will really blow your minds!
This is cool to learn about
Consciousness is an emergent property of all the neural connections in the brain.