“Why do we have a singular perception if we have thousands of models? When we hold and look at a coffee cup, why does the cup feel like one thing and not thousands of things? If we place the cup on a table and it makes a sound, how does the sound get united with the image and feel of the coffee cup? In other words, how do our sensory inputs get bound to a singular percept? [...] Instead of converging onto one location, the connections go in every direction. This is one of the reasons why the binding problem is considered a mystery, but we have proposed an answer: columns vote. Your perception is the consensus the columns reach by voting.” PerceptionVotingNeuroscienceJeff HawkinsSensory Input Book:A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence Source: A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
“Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You perceive it because your model says this is how the world is, and those patterns invoke the model. It's hard to believe, but it really is true.” WorldBelieveHardLightSoundPerceptionModelsPatternsPerceiveInvokeHard To BelieveFabricationPerception Of The World Author:Jeff Hawkins
