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The Evolution Misconception 359

plete silence is prevailing there.
As is the case with imagery, decades of effort have been spent in try-
ing to generate and reproduce sound that is faithful to the original.
The results of these efforts are sound recorders, high-fidelity systems,
and systems for sensing sound. Despite all this technology and the
thousands of engineers and experts who have been working on this
endeavour, no sound has yet been obtained that has the same sharp-
ness and clarity as the sound perceived by the ear. Think of the high-
est-quality HI-FI systems produced by the biggest company in the
music industry. Even in these devices, when sound is recorded some
of it is lost; or when you turn on a HI-FI you always hear a hissing
sound before the music starts. However, the sounds that are the prod-
ucts of the technology of the human body are extremely sharp and
clear. A human ear never perceives a sound accompanied by a hissing
sound or with atmospherics as does HI-FI; it perceives sound exactly
as it is, sharp and clear. This is the way it has been since the creation of
man.
So far, no visual or recording apparatus produced by man has been
as sensitive and successful in perceiving sensory data as are the eye
and the ear.
However, as far as seeing and hearing are concerned, a far greater
fact lies beyond all this.

TO WHOM DOES THE CONSCIOUSNESS
THAT SEES AND HEARS WITHIN THE BRAIN BELONG?
Who is it that watches an alluring world in its brain, listens to sym-
phonies and the twittering of birds, and smells the rose?
The stimulations coming from the eyes, ears, and nose of a human
being travel to the brain as electro-chemical nervous impulses. In biol-
ogy, physiology, and biochemistry books, you can find many details
about how this image forms in the brain. However, you will never
come across the most important fact about this subject: Who is it that
perceives these electro-chemical nervous impulses as images, sounds,
odours and sensory events in the brain? There is a consciousness in the
brain that perceives all this without feeling any need for eye, ear, and