daren_sf t1_iugpz8n wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:53 AM

Reply to comment by mistersmith_22 in Conscious Reality Is Only a Memory of Unconscious Actions, Scientists Propose In Radical New Theory by mossadnik

You are never present in the now. On average any input you receive takes 18 milliseconds to travel to the brain and be turned into a thing you experience. Then you process that experience into recognition.

This research seems to be saying that along the way it’s stored as a memory and 482 milliseconds later your brain not only finished processing that recognition, but acted on it a well. All the while doing the same for the continuous input your receive.

I’m actually astounded that’s it’s only 500 milliseconds!

LunarGiantNeil t1_iugv0op wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:59 AM

Perception of reality is display lag.

What drives me nuts are all the people who think just because the perception of consciousness is lagged in this manner that there's no actual thinking, deciding, or choice in the manner, like we're all just robots doing rational things.

If only!