SEEING THE WORLD THRU PERCEPTION AND BELIEF Perception and belief are two words that refer to mental states or conditions that influence the way in which we see things around us. Perception is the way in which you sensory information to notice something or the way in which you understand something. Belief is a strong conviction or acceptance about something. PERCEPTION: Perception is the sensory experience of the world. It involves both recognizing environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli. Through the perceptual process, we gain information about the properties and elements of the environment that are critical to our survival. BELIEF: 1 : a feeling of being sure that a person or thing exists or is true or trustworthy belief in ghosts belief in democracy. 2 : religious faith. 3 : something believed It's my belief that our team really won Is consciousness a battle between your beliefs and perceptions? Imagine you’re at a magic show, in which the performer suddenly vanishes. Of course, you ultimately know that the person is probably just hiding somewhere. Yet it continues to look as if the person has disappeared. We can’t reason away that appearance, no matter what logic dictates. Why are our conscious experiences so stubborn? The fact that our perception of the world appears to be so intransigent, however much we might reflect on it, tells us something unique about how our brains are wired. Compare the magician scenario with how we usually process information. Say you have five friends who tell you it’s raining outside, and one weather website indicating that it isn’t. You’d probably just consider the website to be wrong and write it off. But when it comes to conscious perception, there seems to be something strangely persistent about what we see, hear and feel. Even when a perceptual experience is clearly ‘wrong’, we can’t just mute it. NOTE: PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS. CONFUSION ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THEM CAN REALLY DERAIL YOUR LIFE. "SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shaukat-ali4/support