patterns of thinking established over decades, maybe centuries, have…
Page 81 patterns of thinking established over decades, maybe centuries, have a custom Ahmed us to the idea that the brain is some kind of computer, perched inside the skull, processing sensory information to build an inner picture of the outside world for the benefit of the self. This picture is so familiar that it can be difficult to conceive of any reasonable alternative. Indeed, many neural, scientists and psychologist still think about perception in this way as a process of bottom-up featured detection.
— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)