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On the Mind and the External World

We have previously established that the brain’s function is the ingest, processing, and distribution of information, whether automatically or intentionally.

The brain and the mind then, are subject to the same risks and strengths that other means of storing, and disseminating information are:

Now I will go into detail of each of these concerns starting with memory. Memory is the function by which information is stored and retrieved. Just as a library has limited space for books, and a computer’s hard drive has limited bytes for data, our brains have limited capacity for information. In the former examples we can imagine some drawbacks from this limited space. In a library after the maximum number of books is reached, any new or higher quality information has to replace an existing book’s position or be left outside.

[Expand: On perception as lossy compression — the brain shows us enough of reality to survive, not reality as it is. We do not see ultraviolet. We do not hear what a dog hears. Every sense is a filter optimized for a biological niche, not for truth.]

[Expand: On reality and the processes of the mind.]