Why Your Life is a Series of Lies | JHS Ep. 886
Perception as Prediction: The brain does not simply record reality; it generates predictions (hallucinations) based on past experience and uses sensory input only to correct errors. If predictions are accurate enough fortakeawayPhantom Phone Vibrations: These are tactile hallucinations caused by the brain overweighting predictions due to stress or caffeine, which alters dopamine balance and precision weighting, causing the brain to interpret notakeawayPlacebo and Nocebo Effects: These are driven by unconscious hierarchical predictions. Authority figures, white coats, and packaging increase the precision weighting of positive predictions (relief), while negative expecttakeaway
