Page 77 - Darwin's Dilemma: The Soul

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

Recall, however, that actually there are neither colors, nor
sounds nor images in our brains. All that occurs in our brains is
electrical signals. The boundless landscape you imagine you see in
front of you, a brightly colored flower in which you take such de-
light, loud music or a meal that tastes so delicious—all consist sole-
ly of electrical signals reaching the brain. This, however, does not
mean that the outside world does not exist. It will not come to an
end if the electrical signals reaching you from your sense organs
are cut off. The outside world will come to an end “for you only,”
because for you, the outside world consists only of the interpreta-
tion of electrical signals by your brain.
In her book Mapping the Mind, the science writer Rita Carter
describes how we perceive the world:
Each one [of the sense organs] is intricately adapted to deal with

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