Every Atom In Your Body Is The

We Are Not At The Center Of Ourselves, But Instead - Like The Earth In The Milky Way, And The Milky Way In The Universe - Far Out On A Distant Edge, Hearing Little Of What Is Transpiring.

This Is The Hallmark Of A Robust Biological System: Political Parties Can Perish In A Tragic Accident And The Society Will Still Run, Sometimes With Little More Than A Hiccup To The System. It May Be That For Every Strange Clinical Case In Which Brain Damage Leads To A Bizarre Change In Behavior Or Perception, There Are Hundreds Of Cases In Which Parts Of The Brain Are Damaged With No Detectable Clinical Sign.

Awareness Of Your Surroundings Occurs Only When Sensory Inputs Violate Expectations. When The World Is Successfully Predicted Away, Awareness Is Not Needed Because The Brain Is Doing Its Job Well.

Modern Neuroimaging Is Like Asking An Astronaut In The Space Shuttle To Look Out The Window And Judge How America Is Doing.

The Drives You Take For Granted ("i'm A Hetero/homosexual," "i'm Attracted To Children/adults," "i'm Aggressive/not Aggressive," And So On) Depend On The Intricate Details Of Your Neural Machinery.