A short excerpt from a YouTube video by Ben Greenfield ("Your Brain Is Like An Orchestra Or Supercomputer", uploaded Jan 19, 2023) explaining how the brain effortlessly decodes vast amounts of sensory input (light/photons) and contrasting the small, conscious 'driver' with a large, hidden subconscious 'elephant' that shapes much of mental life.
So when you listen to one single song or you go on a hike in the sunshine, your brain can decode and interpret millions and millions of miles of wavelengths and particles and photons, and you cannot even begin to comprehend what's going on inside your head. As your fully conscious driver sits there atop a massive subconscious elephant. On any given day, your conscious mind probably has no clue what's bubbling below the surface.
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