TRUTH
I recently read an article that describes a research conducted on the visual cortex. It said that "seeing" is a construct of the mind and not a replica of "what's out there." I was mind blown from the implication that what we see is not actually the truth. Apparently our visual cortex only takes in those information that are necessary for our survival and discards the rest. So before we actually "see" what we are "seeing" our brain reduces, modifies, organizes and interprets our surrounding. Our brain selects what information is seen and discarded. This survival strategy becomes more obvious when we study other animals. Most mammals can see UV light, including dogs, cats, ferrets, and reindeer. Scientists have known for decades that birds can see UV light because their eyes have an extra type of cone cell specifically tuned to detect those wavelengths. Bees, wasps, dragonflies and grasshoppers have 5 eyes. This enable these creatures to cre...