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reality, unfiltered and rendered live by five overworked contractors in your skull.
means the raw input your senses deliver before your brain edits it into a story called reality.
from philosophers have argued over it since aristotle listed five senses in de anima, and empiricists like locke later built entire theories of knowledge on the claim that nothing enters the mind except through them first.
smell shortcutsmell skips the thalamus, hits memory directly
tongue mythtaste map in textbooks is scientifically debunked
sixth senseproprioception tracks your body without any eyes
blind spotbrain fills gaps in vision constantly, unnoticed
for instance
madeleine moment — proust, 1913, a cookie triggers seven volumes of memory
synesthesia — kandinsky reportedly heard colors while painting
asmr videos — youtube category racking up billions of tingle-seeking views
wine tasting — experts distinguish thousands of aromas by trained recall alone