Comments on: Why Our Brains Are Fooled by Illusions http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/brains-fooled-illusions/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: alan http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/brains-fooled-illusions/#comment-60631 alan Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:37:24 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12831#comment-60631 Optical illusions are not the only thing our brains are fooled by. The “reality” we experience is second hand. That is to say, input is converted into electrical signals by our sensors, then sent to the brain for reconverting. That means we are attempting to decode information that has first been encoded and subsequently decoded. To do that effectively our sensors would have to be full bandwidth and passive rather than active. So that all available data was detected and no spurious distortion was introduced. Also, our mental code book would have to perfectly match the cipher used for the encryption process. Regrettably however, when two individuals experience the very same event their resultant interpretations of it tend to differ. Optical illusions are not the only thing our brains are fooled by. The “reality” we experience is second hand. That is to say, input is converted into electrical signals by our sensors, then sent to the brain for reconverting. That means we are attempting to decode information that has first been encoded and subsequently decoded. To do that effectively our sensors would have to be full bandwidth and passive rather than active. So that all available data was detected and no spurious distortion was introduced. Also, our mental code book would have to perfectly match the cipher used for the encryption process. Regrettably however, when two individuals experience the very same event their resultant interpretations of it tend to differ.

]]> By: Lady Claire http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/brains-fooled-illusions/#comment-60569 Lady Claire Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:08:51 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12831#comment-60569 I just love optical illusions. Some I can spot straight away, but others, no matter how hard I try to look at how it really is, I just can't! LC x I just love optical illusions. Some I can spot straight away, but others, no matter how hard I try to look at how it really is, I just can’t!

LC x

]]> By: Lance http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/brains-fooled-illusions/#comment-60563 Lance Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:38:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12831#comment-60563 Hey DB... the twitter re-tweeter seems to be broken on this page. I am in the states, maybe that's what is causing the problem :) Love the blog, keep up the great work! <strong>Msg from Abeo: Thanks for spotting it, fixed it now :)</strong> Hey DB… the twitter re-tweeter seems to be broken on this page. I am in the states, maybe that’s what is causing the problem :) Love the blog, keep up the great work!

Msg from Abeo: Thanks for spotting it, fixed it now :)

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/06/brains-fooled-illusions/#comment-60557 roz Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:56:40 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=12831#comment-60557 our brains are fooled by this because we like to be fooled by this! and fortunately derren knows it. ;) our brains are fooled by this because we like to be fooled by this! and fortunately derren knows it. ;)

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