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    Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains?
    Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains?
    Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains?
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    Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains?

    By Shelton Ranasinghe

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    Considering the enormous capacity, complexity, manipulability and craftiness of our brain networks, I hypothesize that the brain has purposely given us reigns to make “us” aware only about the functionality of this "limited sector" of the thinking process. Because of this unreasonable victimization of "us", by our own brains, I believe we can’t perceive what else is happening in the brain when a thinking process is happening.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShelton Ranasinghe
    Release dateJul 4, 2013
    ISBN9780989276320
    Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains?
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    Shelton Ranasinghe

    Shelton Ranasinghe is an author and a retired professional engineer. The exposure he acquired living in five continents over a large part of his active working life combined with his interest on human behaviors, has given him a unique and intimate understanding of putting his thoughts into writing on philosophy and science fiction, combining both these streams.“Self A Delusion” - A good read to understand that the self could arise from deluded cognition.“Thinking Explored” - Cleverly explain how thinking process develops from day one.“Are We Being Fooled by our Brains” - Explore the complexity and cunning nature of the brain.“Our Psyche and Beliefs” - Is an idea of how our brains geared to adore beliefs.“Buddha Impetus to Primitive Psyche” - Refreshingly unforced and thought-provoking dissection of Buddhist doctoring.“Our extraterrestrial Neighbors” - Readers will perceive many complex philosophical overtones beyond the Sci-fi content.“The Phone Rang in the Middle of My Shower” - This Sci-fi explores afterlife, along many religious beliefs.“DoooD” - Excellent Sci-fi on Artificial Intelligence.Shelton’s email address: sr2665@gmail.com

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      Are We Being Fooled by Our Brains? - Shelton Ranasinghe

      Are we being fooled by our brains?

      By: Shelton Ranasinghe

      ISBN: 978-0-9892763-2-0

      Copyright © 2011, by Shelton Ranasinghe

      sr2665@gmail.com

      Smashwords Edition update September 2022.

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      Are we being fooled by our brains?

      Our brain is the grandest biological frontier and the most complex thing in the universe. The complex architecture of how it's billions of cells communicate with each other has baffled the greatest minds for centuries and still not been resolved. Understanding the brain function is one of the ambitious tasks pursued by leading neurologists in the world. The technologies that have emerged in the recent past have made new pathways to understand the brain's operation with its cell connecting networks in ever greater detail but it’s yet to understand fully.

      Before the computers were found people emulated the brain functions to the functions of a telephone exchange, which was the most sophisticated instrument existed then. We obviously understand that these types of historical comparisons were mere attempts to explain the functionality of the brain; though those wouldn't make justice to the brain in any means, considering the enormous complexity and vast data processing capabilities it has. I think very soon the computer that has been used by many now for simulation will undergo the same fate

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