887: Andy Clark | How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

University of Sussex cognitive philosophy professor Andy Clark joins us to discuss how our brains experience and manipulate the reality that surrounds us.

• How your brain operates as a prediction machine that constructs an estimation of reality based on available data rather than relaying an entirely precise narrative of the outside world.
• The problems that arise when the senses through which your brain gathers data don't always convey an accurate picture of reality.
• What phantom vibration syndrome and auditory hallucinations may indicate about your brain's capacity for prediction.
• How your brain fills in the gaps when sensory information is missing or incomplete.
• Why placebos are often effective — even when you know they're placebos.
• And much more...

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