𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲

“𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮,” 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚. “𝙄𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮.”

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“We perceive the world as a memory,” the authors of a recent paper wrote. “In other words, technically, we are not consciously perceiving anything directly.”