A Discrete, Streaming Consciousness

Oliver Sacks discusses how the human brain processes time with references to mainly the visual world. Does time just flow, or does our brain just fuse "perpetual stills" of perceptual existence? Sacks uses medical science and philosophy to tackle this interesting topic, calling on research of neural mechanisms and the thoughts of people such as Hume and Proust. Dare not though compare our mind to a camera, as "we cannot be passive, impartial observers. Every perception is shaped by us, whether we realize it or not."

The New York Review of Books: In the River of Consciousness
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