Man does not see both his starting point of

"Man does not see both his starting point of nothing and the infinity that completely surrounds him." – Blaise Pascal <Fanse>

Consciousness is not at the center of what is happening in the brain. You can only hear the whisper of activity occurring in the brain from a distant edge.

The first lesson about our senses is, don't believe in them. Just because we believe something to be true, just because we know it to be true, doesn't make it true. The most important adage for a fighter pilot is 'Trust the instrument cluster.' This is because our senses tell the most disgraceful lies. If you believe in the senses instead of the cockpit instrument cluster, you will crash. To save time and resources, the brain makes a lot of guesses and assumptions in advance, and tries to see the world only as much as it needs to.

We are oblivious to many things in the world until we ask ourselves questions.

In 2004, psychologist John Jones' research team investigated 15,000 official marriage records in Walker County, Georgia, and Liberty County, Florida. As a result, the rate of marriages between people with the same first letter of the name was higher than the probabilistic estimate. Why? To be precise, the letters themselves are not the reason. In this combination, it is more important that people think of themselves by looking at their spouse. People tend to like how they appear to others. Psychologists interpret this as a kind of unconscious narcissism or the comfort they feel toward familiar objects, and call it implicit egocentrism.

There are no foods that are delicious or hateful in nature. Necessity determines taste. Taste is simply an indicator of usefulness.

The prairie field mice maintain monogamy. Why do prairie field mice show such dedicated behavior? It's because of hormones. The brain releases vasopressin, a hormone when male mice repeatedly mate with the same female. At the site called the lateral nucleus, vasopressin binds to a receptor and regulates the pleasant emotions associated with the female. And this leads to monogamy. Monogamous bonds disappear when this hormone is blocked. Unsurprisingly, organisms that mate with multiple partners can lead to monogamous behavior by increasing vasopressin levels using genetic techniques. In 2008, a research team from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden examined the vasopressin receptor genes of 552 men in long-term heterosexual relationships. It was discovered that the number of RS334 sites in this gene can vary from person to person. It varied in people without this site at all, one person, or two people. The more this site, the weaker the effect vasopressin had on the brain. The results were so obvious that it was surprising. Men's number of sites had been linked to monogamous behavior. Men with high RS334 performed poorly in monogamous behavior. Men with two parts of this body are more likely not to get married, and if they do, they are more likely to develop family discord. Women who are well informed in the scientific literature may soon have a future in which genetic testing is required before marriage.

Evolution psychologists have found that the passion and love of those who fall in love are maintained at the highest level for up to three years. It is pre-programmed to lose interest in sexual partners after the period of time (on average, about four years) needed to raise a child. Psychologist Helen Fisher suggested that we have the same program as foxes. Foxes have a monogamous relationship during their breeding season, stay together for as long as they need to raise their babies, and then split up. Fisher, who has studied divorce in almost 60 countries, found that divorce peaks about four years after marriage.

- David Eagleman <How unconscious designs me>

Explanations keep increasing. That human beings are completely free is an illusion. The freedom I seek is also made up of half distrust and half trust...