Teaching through Emotions

Teaching through Emotions

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Teaching through Emotions
Teaching through Emotions
Hallucinations

Hallucinations

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Betsy Burris
Jul 05, 2023
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Here’s a statement worth unpacking:

Perception is controlled hallucination.

(This statement comes from a book I’m reading called Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind by Andy Clark.)

Perception = what we notice (even unconsciously)

Is = linking verb

Controlled = based on best guesses, which are constrained by experience

Hallucination …

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