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Brain signals
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Lies. I get an itchy brain all the time.
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2026
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That one’s on you. They’re saying that your brain can basically override you and, to some degree, reality. It’s the reason you don’t see your nose, or clocks take a lot longer to run down a second the first time you glance over. Pain isn’t actually related to damage, and you can change your whole mood by shooting some straight lemon juice. Our bodies, behind the scenes, are doing crazy shit that our conscious mind has no business knowing about.
I think you're giving that poorly-worded tumblr post too much credit. I really don't think they're comparable "oversights" for our own sanity. The knowledge that we shouldn't bite our finger or the muscle memory/reflexes not to do it is not the same as "noise cancelling" stomach acid/ignoring your nose, and that's not the same as time moving slower if we're waiting on something we're focusing on. Those are certainly 4 distinct mental phenomena. I guess the point of "our perceptions shape the life we experience" is a thought, but they express that very poorly.
Are you actively trying not to understand? There are clear commonalities between all of those things and their mechanisms and while it’s not spelled out for you it’s only a small distance away to get to that.
And I've clearly elucidated that as you can see.