Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth | TED

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

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[enderwolf]

Ah yes watching this during an existential crisis in the middle of the night was a great idea

[MANISHDADDU]

"Brain is the most important organ" says the Brain.

[IamKlaus]

To be relaxed, present and accepting of what is, in my current surroundings, is quite possibly the best method I've ever found of dissolving my many negative emotions.

[gghostbird]

Saw this video a while ago but I just rewatched it, and I have to say this is one of the best videos I've seen on YouTube. His presentation is wonderful and engaging, and what he says is up to date with neuroscience.
Great speaker and great video!

[craigdanieldyer]

"We're all hallucinating all the time, even right now. It's just that when we agree about our hallucinations, we call that reality" - Anil Seth
Best. Quote. Ever!!!

[yunusaliakbas]

“Imagine being a brain”

My brain: *Tries to imagine being a brain*

[CuongNguyen-hcpy]

“when the end of conciousness comes, theres nothing to be afraid of. Nothing at all” omgashh i got goosebumped

[carlosgonzalez]

A masterpiece of speech, especially his final, closing words. Thank you.

[OhmVibe]

"What we call reality is, in fact, nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination." - Terence McKenna

[sianoamedeo]

"We dont just passively perceive the world, we actively generate it"

[ashtonjaymes]

Right off the bat you got me with you because when I had surgery and I got put under, I remember my eyes getting heavy and I fell asleep and right as my eyes closed, they opened back up again. That's how it felt to me. I woke up in the recovery room after surgery and it felt like I had fallen asleep and woke up again immediately like when you're in class and tired and catch yourself drifting. It'd actually even several hours

[IamMrsMega]

Wow, I'm amazed! Once of the best Ted Talks I've ever watched. So engaging and informative! Beautiful!

[Shlogger]

"When we agree about our hallucination, we call that reality.."..nailed it with that one

[benhenson]

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Nothing at all"....he knows something....

[ilikewoodwork]

Fantastic presentation. When I juxtapose what the Anil is saying with the fundamental nature of mind according to the Shakyamuni Buddha (the first Buddha) they match perfectly. In the eastern philosophical traditions the idea that our mind creates reality and that our perception of reality is limited is well understood. Really enjoyed the talk.

[melaniedavenport]

Thank you Abil Seth for this information! I’m so grateful.

[rotate.]

As a musician, after spending a lifetime (over 50 years) playing piano, the instrument feels like an extension of my body and as much a tool for self expression as my lungs, larynx, mouth and tongue. Could it be that mastery (of anything) is when the brain assimilates the tools of expression as part of the human body, and that that is what is meant when a samurai says, ‘I and the sword are one.’ 🤔

[sirvapalot]

"we are definitely a part of Nature not apart from it" nice quote.

[GreaseAndGravel]

I love the message at the end... about there being nothing to be afraid of at all... Science and understanding is beautiful.

[everybodyknows]

"With a greater sense of understanding comes a greater sense of wonder and a greater realisation that we are a part of and not a part from nature"

The guy has a way with words. that's a powerful statement.

I love it.