We Are Not Conscious Of

Those With Anton's Syndrome Are Not Pretending They Are Not Blind; They Truly Believe They Are Not Blind. Their Verbal Reports, While Inaccurate, Are Not Lies. Instead, They Are Experiencing What They Take To Be Vision, But It Is All Internally Generated.

One Of The Most Pervasive Mistakes Is To Believe That Our Visual System Gives A Faithful Representation Of What Is "out There" In The Same Way That A Movie Camera Would.

The Main Thing Known About Secrets Is That Keeping Them Is Unhealthy For The Brain.

Scientists Often Talk Of Parsimony (as In "the Simplest Explanation Is Probably Correct," Also Known As Occam's Razor), But We Should Not Get Seduced By The Apparent Elegance Of Argument From Parsimony; This Line Of Reasoning Has Failed In The Past At Least As Many Times As It Has Succeeded.

Just Like A Good Drama, The Human Brain Runs On Conflict.