This is amazing, wow Michael Levin

I recall reading depression as a state with high confabulation. I wonder if it’s a similar reason there.

@drmichaellevin This also happens in other contexts, such as when a person who has been hypnotized wakes up from hypnosis in some place, and you ask them, "What are you doing here?" It is never "I don't know": they come up with some (usually strange) reason. The narrative mind is so powerful.

@drmichaellevin Great improvisers in theater do the same. They incorporate & digest everything that is happening on stage into a greater narrative. The utilitise what is happening into greater context & meaning. Nothing is a bug, everything is a feature.

@drmichaellevin Very interesting.

@drmichaellevin Interface Theory of Perception (ITP): Donald Hoffman argues that our perceptions are not reflections of an objective reality but rather a user interface created by our brains for survival and fitness, not for veridicality (accurate representation of reality).

@drmichaellevin freud wrote about this too '

@drmichaellevin This topic is vividly explored in the book '19 Ways of Looking at Consciousness' by Patrick House. A great read for anyone interested in such neurological phenomena and the nature of consciousness.

@drmichaellevin Yeah. I wish all scientists were like @drmichaellevin 🔥

@drmichaellevin Dr. Levin is a once in a lifetime scientist! I had the pleasure of talking with him recently:

@drmichaellevin Why doubt the patient’s testimony? If they said “I laugh bc I thought of something funny”, what evidence do we have that they didn’t think of something funny? Could pushing the button have caused them to think of something funny?