An Argument Against Reality - Why You Can't Trust Your Senses

Watch over 2,400 documentaries for free for 30 days AND get a free Nebula account by signing up at https://curiositystream.com/upandatom and using the code "upandatom". Nebula: The new streaming platform by and for educational creators - https://watchnebula.com/ Do you think you see an objective, external reality? Think again. In this video, we reveal how your brain makes up more than 90% of what you see, how simple illusions can fool our senses, and why evolution made you this way. Book mentioned: The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman *Sources* Book - The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman Book - Deviate by Beau Lotto The Reality of Reality: A Tale of Five Senses https://youtu.be/S1jn86eUX0E Do we see reality as it is? https://youtu.be/oYp5XuGYqqY Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality https://youtu.be/lyu7v7nWzfo Eye/Brain Physiology and Human Perception of External Reality http://www.cycleback.com/eyephysiology.html Hi! I'm Jade. If you'd like to consider supporting Up and Atom, head over to my Patreon page :) https://www.patreon.com/upandatom Visit the Up and Atom store https://store.nebula.app/collections/up-and-atom Subscribe to Up and Atom for physics, math and computer science videos! https://www.youtube.com/c/upandatom *Follow me* @upndatom Up and Atom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upndatom?lang=en Up and Atom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upndatom/ *A big thank you to my AMAZING PATRONS!* Christopher Robert, Purple Penguin, George Xu, Thomas Krause, Damien J, Gadi Shalom, Chris Flynn, Ofer Mustigman, Mikely Whiplash, Yana Chernobilsky, Lynn Shackelford, Richard Farrer, Adam Thornton, Dag-Erling Smørgrav, Andrew Pann, Anne Tan, Joe Court, Roger Johnson, Zhong Cheng Wang, Corey Sampson, Damien Holloway, Ayan Doss, Marcus Dentrey, John Lakeman, Jana Christine Saout, Michael Dean, Chris Amaris, Matt G, Broos Nemanic, John Satchell, John Shioli, Todd Loreman, Susan Jones, Sam Graf, Andrew, Mark, Tamara McDermott, Charles from USA, Peter Manger, John Klinkner, Lou, Hassan Sedaghat, Alan McNea, S, Daniel Eliassen, Sam Ross, Shawn, Kay, Peter Walsh, Osa and Beth Fitch, Garrett Chomka, Jeff Schwarz, Josh B, Zach Tinawi, Bernard Wei, Bobby Butler, Matt Harden, Rebecca Lashua, Pat Gunn, George Fletcher, Jasper Capel, Luc Ritchie, Elze Kool, Aditya Anantharaman, Frédéric Junod, Vincent Seguin, Paul Bryan, Michael Brunolli, Ken Takahashi, Jesse Clark, Steven Wheeler, Atila Pires dos Santos, Philip Freeman, KhAnubis, Jareth Arnold, Simon Tobar, Dennis Haupt, Renato Pereira, Simon Dargaville, and Magesh, 12tone. For a one time donation, head over to my PayPal :) https://www.paypal.me/upandatomshows *Creator* Jade Tan-Holmes