{"id":497,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"homunculus?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=497","title":{"rendered":"Homunculus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Homunculus ?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 159px;\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/Humu-Theater.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A mini-man in the brain?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Life Science<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\nInformation coming through our eyes is sent to the visual cortex in the back of our head. There, the image is inverted. Then the data is sent to various areas in our brains, that filter it according to their functional programming. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Then these areas create perceptions (thoughts &amp; images), based on the beliefs and judgments associated with it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">So, instead of actually seeing what is out there, &#8216;someone&#8217; is continuously watching a movie of slightly distorted images &#8216;on a screen inside our head&#8217;.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Philosophy<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/>\nExample of the use of a homunculus to explain a concept is comparing a computer translating Chinese into English, to a man swapping symbols around without truly understanding what the symbols mean. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/mahjong.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=498\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homunculus ? A mini-man in the brain? Life Science Information coming through our eyes is sent to the visual cortex in the back of our head. There, the image is inverted. Then the data is sent to various areas in our brains, that filter it according to their functional programming. 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