We know in pieces, our brain invents the rest

You may never stop thinking, but your mind works in pieces, do you get the reality as if they were pieces of a puzzle?Several for each address? And you have to do the fascinating work of integrating them to form a whole, which we call reality.

It is a constant and continuous work in which not only are there pieces that come from our senses, feelings, thoughts, opinions or memories also blend into silence.

  • Some time ago.
  • I read a lovely story that started like this: “I bought a novel and my dog ate the beginning.
  • The end and several dozen random pages of the rest before I had time to start reading.
  • “.

We also look at the outside world in this way, as if it were part of a story that our dog ate with a few bites, however, we are not aware of it, because our mind unites and creates a reality where there is no information. so that the story makes sense.

The story continued: “After forcing my dog to think about his inappropriate behavior, repeatedly showing him where the price was, he was ready to assess the damage caused and try to save what could be saved. “

As mentioned above, it is very difficult to make an assessment of the part of the story that we lack, because our mind is responsible for closing these holes almost automatically, the truth is that in most cases it does it wrong and the patches are quite hidden, so we find it so difficult to identify their existence.

Separating what is information from what is nothing more than a more or less probable assumption is a voluntary task and is generally more difficult than implementing these arrangements, however, remember that our brain follows Occam’s razor exactly and generally bets on the most economical hypothesis for him. .

Not in most cases. We have a very intelligent brain, for example, if we are told that someone got up early this morning, let’s say they didn’t get up after 10 a. m. , or even earlier.

On the other hand, if we are told that Joo was late for work this morning, as well as last week and perhaps the week before, we may think that Joo is not a punctual person and should not take her job seriously. In fact, I think it is because of this or that, it is information that is used and stored in this way.

Our minds are prepared and, in many cases, we use the assumptions that suit us best, another hypothesis of Joo’s delays might be that he has a problem that really prevented him from arriving on time, however, for us it is a more complicated problem. Script.

Why is the assumption that Joo has a problem for us more complicated than that Joo has become disinterested in his work?Because the first one would force us to ask. We can ask John directly, but we don’t know him well enough to ask him questions about his life. We may also ask someone who knows you, but the person is more likely to frown, think we’re gossiping, and give us information that can lead to an even more serious mistake. On the other hand, if John has a problem and we can help him, shouldn’t we help him?

Sitting silently in our workplace, we began to awaken our consciousness. When she wakes up, it can be a real nuisance because she easily distracts us and would eventually force us to do something about Joo’s problem.

That said, our story ends: “The result of the novel seemed particularly happy: one of the most interesting and attractive characters came to believe, I do not know why, on a murder charge, when it was obvious that in all previous pages he had not killed anyone, and had not even alluded to such atrocity. Are the police about to arrest him when the inspector pulls out a cigar and, not knowing whether he smokes or not, ends the romance?

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