COMO NÓS SABEMOS O QUE É A REALIDADE?

If a tree falls in the forest and there are no animals nearby, did the noise it makes actually happen? You've probably heard this thought experiment at some point in your life, likely in a context where our perception or the veracity of reality was being questioned. A short answer to this problem is that acoustic waves would be emitted, since the tree's fall results in air vibration. It is this vibration that would reach the animals' ears and be interpreted as sound. However, in the absence of any being with the ability to hear, there would only be vibrations that would not be converted into actual noise. The question we've raised is the starting point for multiple discussions out there, and in today's video we'll use it as the driving force behind our central question today: if our perception of sound is an interpretation, can we say that we create our reality? Are other sensations equally created? And more than that, are our sense of self and our interpretation of ourselves merely constructs? Well, stay tuned because we're going to talk about all of this in today's episode. Stop and think about how impressive this is: our brain is located inside our skull, a place where there is no light or external stimuli such as smell, taste, textures, or sounds. All that exists are molecules and electrical impulses conducted by neurons. Despite this, we process the world around us quickly and accurately. But to say that we process the world around us is an oversimplification of what happens. In fact, we process a small fraction of our world. Let's take examples of colors and sounds. Support this channel and get benefits: https://apoia.se/comoamentefunciona REFERENCES Gazzaniga, M. (2012). Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. Hachette UK. Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric annals, 25(12), 720-725. Nicolelis, M. (2017). Much Beyond Our Self. Planeta do Brasil Publisher. Witt, J. K., & Dorsch, T. E. (2009). Kicking to bigger uprights: Field goal kicking performance influences perceived size. Perception, 38(9), 1328-1340. https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-... https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...