The Internal Model
David explains how the brain creates an internal model based on the data it receives from the senses. Jordan asks if someone born without a sense of smell knows that they are missing something, and David provides an interesting analogy to explain.In this clip
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655: David Eagleman | How Our Brains Construct Reality
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