Colors are not objective; there is in the grass or the sky no greenness or blueness independent of retinas, color cones, neural circuitry, and brains.

Color arise[s] from the interactions of our bodies, our brains, the reflective properties of objects, and electromagnetic radiation.

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June 25th, 2014 | Tags: , , , | Category: Question, Quote, Science | Leave a comment

All that brains can know has been synthesized withinthemselves, in the form of hypotheses about the world

The only patterns that are integrated into the activities of the brain areas to which the sensory cortices transmit their outputs are those patterns they have constructed within themselves….

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February 25th, 2014 | Tags: , , | Category: Book, Science | Leave a comment