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Oct 15, 2015, 05:31 PM
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Is anyone watching "The Brain with David Eagleman" on public television in the U.S.A.? It is a six-part series. The first segment aired yesterday evening where I live. It's kind-of a "Cosmos" series focusing on the inner workings of the brain (if anyone remembers the old cosmology series "Cosmos" with Carl Sagan.) One of the points made by Eagleman is that there is a lapse between the point at which something occurs, for example the flash of a light or a noise, & when it actually registers in the brain. The lapse is brief... just a fraction of a second. But it means that we all, in a sense, live in the past. For me, who is trying to live in the present moment, contemplating this is a mind bending experience.
 
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Oct 15, 2015, 05:37 PM
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Yeah, I did, I hope they repeat the shows it was fascinating but too much for one sitting. My brain needs a bit more time to assimilate all that info. That was my big disappointment with the new Cosmos show, they never showed any repeats
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Oct 15, 2015, 05:51 PM
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That is kind of mind-bending.. my mind is still bending thinking about that. But it makes sense, in that what we are seeing is never what actually "is", but just the images our brains are designed to process about what is.
Makes me feel better about feeling sometimes like I'm in slow-motion though. Thank you! And for the tip about the show -- a replay of the first episode is being broadcast at 3am where I am. Perfect!  For my DVR to catch, that is. I'll hopefully be sleepin'.
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Oct 19, 2015, 10:54 AM
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The only Brain worth watching it from "Pinky and the Brain"
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