Daniel Noah
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I have some theories about this. Cool. I think there's a few possibilities. One is that And this is Jacques VallΓ©e's theory. It's not mine. Passport to Magonia. But is that there are entities that root around in our brains to find costumes to wear that will be somewhat familiar to us so that when they present themselves to us, we have a context for them.
I have some theories about this. Cool. I think there's a few possibilities. One is that And this is Jacques VallΓ©e's theory. It's not mine. Passport to Magonia. But is that there are entities that root around in our brains to find costumes to wear that will be somewhat familiar to us so that when they present themselves to us, we have a context for them.
I have some theories about this. Cool. I think there's a few possibilities. One is that And this is Jacques VallΓ©e's theory. It's not mine. Passport to Magonia. But is that there are entities that root around in our brains to find costumes to wear that will be somewhat familiar to us so that when they present themselves to us, we have a context for them.
So there's your friend in an apartment in Japan. There was some entity whose true form we can't can't possibly know who poked around in his brain and went, Oh, he saw the ring. Right. That's what I'm doing today.
So there's your friend in an apartment in Japan. There was some entity whose true form we can't can't possibly know who poked around in his brain and went, Oh, he saw the ring. Right. That's what I'm doing today.
So there's your friend in an apartment in Japan. There was some entity whose true form we can't can't possibly know who poked around in his brain and went, Oh, he saw the ring. Right. That's what I'm doing today.
So, you know, so that, that's one, the other, which I find really interesting is that we, I mean, this is, you know, I'm, I'm, I have only a casual understanding of this, but you know, there, there are, It is understood that when a person encounters something for which they have no context, they can't always perceive it as it is. And there's the famous story about β
So, you know, so that, that's one, the other, which I find really interesting is that we, I mean, this is, you know, I'm, I'm, I have only a casual understanding of this, but you know, there, there are, It is understood that when a person encounters something for which they have no context, they can't always perceive it as it is. And there's the famous story about β
So, you know, so that, that's one, the other, which I find really interesting is that we, I mean, this is, you know, I'm, I'm, I have only a casual understanding of this, but you know, there, there are, It is understood that when a person encounters something for which they have no context, they can't always perceive it as it is. And there's the famous story about β
I'm not sure if it was Columbus' ships. There's some Native peoples who had never seen ships before, and there were all these ships descending on the shore, and they literally couldn't see them. They just didn't see anything on the horizon, right? Yeah. you know, was that true story or not?
I'm not sure if it was Columbus' ships. There's some Native peoples who had never seen ships before, and there were all these ships descending on the shore, and they literally couldn't see them. They just didn't see anything on the horizon, right? Yeah. you know, was that true story or not?
I'm not sure if it was Columbus' ships. There's some Native peoples who had never seen ships before, and there were all these ships descending on the shore, and they literally couldn't see them. They just didn't see anything on the horizon, right? Yeah. you know, was that true story or not?
I don't know, but it's, it's the point of it is that the other possibility is that it's not them putting on costumes. It's us dressing things up a costume. So we, so he, you know, what, whatever it was that he encountered. So our perception is colored by our own inputs, right?
I don't know, but it's, it's the point of it is that the other possibility is that it's not them putting on costumes. It's us dressing things up a costume. So we, so he, you know, what, whatever it was that he encountered. So our perception is colored by our own inputs, right?
I don't know, but it's, it's the point of it is that the other possibility is that it's not them putting on costumes. It's us dressing things up a costume. So we, so he, you know, what, whatever it was that he encountered. So our perception is colored by our own inputs, right?
He made it look like the ring because that he was in Japan and that's what, what he just like put it into a form for himself that he could, he could, he could, um, you know, that was what he was expecting to see.
He made it look like the ring because that he was in Japan and that's what, what he just like put it into a form for himself that he could, he could, he could, um, you know, that was what he was expecting to see.
He made it look like the ring because that he was in Japan and that's what, what he just like put it into a form for himself that he could, he could, he could, um, you know, that was what he was expecting to see.