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To: Shane M who wrote (768)	4/20/2015 6:22:15 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 935

Took a Duke class on coursera.org on visual perception and the brain. Pretty interesting how often our brain deceives us, as measured against physical, measurable reality. Vision is just data, the brain decides what it means. Sometimes it's way wrong, maybe for a good evolutionary purpose. I suppose it's hubris to second guess evolution and its "decisions". But giving up reality to the subconscious, as opposed to the conscious determination of visual data, is disturbing and enlightening. Our bodies are sensors... and ... well we're good and bad at it. I often think it's a good argument for a "God". Why have all these sensors, all the "living organisms" if there is no one to read them? Why did we organisms become so "sensitive" if there isn't some greater purpose?