Illusion!!

Have you ever thought about how perception develops? How magic can be performed? Even things you know for sure didn't happen... appeared to happen?

Just finish listening to a TED talk... it was true... we see things based on our past experience. No matter what we try, there will things that we just can't erase from the past. In fact, I don't think we ever erase anything in our brain. It might sit in the back corner waiting to be called upon at an appropriate time and place. Things that you thought you have successfully erased might one day surface unexpectedly.

That lead me to think about what we actually see? Is it the true? Is it the reality that we wish to see? Or is it just... an illusion? After all, we only want to see what we like. Things are only beautiful if we like it. Is it the brain or is it the eye that deceives us? What is it that makes us like one thing over the other? What is it that makes us see one thing and the other sees different things?

Not only our eyes can deceive us... the presenter can also deceive us with the image... distance, color, shade, shapes.. all these are deceiving after all. What got me interest is the dolphin illusion. I guess a lot of people would see the image that most children can't see. However, I realize... most people can still see the dolphin if the image was presented differently. How it was presented in TED... the image was blurry and not all the details were presented... and obviously from a far, it's hard to realize what it is that is being presented. However, if you look at the picture close up... you will see little dolphin dancing around. It's not hard to see... it's what you look for. It might show what our brain is looking for unconsciously maybe? Who knows what is going on in the brain at this moment? We can't control our brain 100% that's for sure... and yes, most of us don't learn how to control our brain. We mainly let the brain control us...maybe that's why there are pain, hatred, and love in this world. If we for once control our brain or at least learn how to control it, wouldn't the world be a better place? :)

So what should you see things with? Your eyes? Your brain? your intuition? What is it that you really see? Would you let the brain decides what it wants to see? Or would you decide what you want the brain to see? :)