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Illusions

Submitted by mcchen on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 1:20pm.

 Even though the idea that everything we talk about is a construction of the brain confuses me, I can see how it is a legitimate way to approach the way we think.  Ultimately, everything we see and know is a construction of the brain because it is our perception of the object and the way we see and interpret things interferes with how we can understand them.  What confuses me is that if everything is really just "a construction of the brain" then is it considered an illusion? Are we all just under the same illusion if we believe certain phenomenon such as time? 

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