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ceive the world of objects, and this is nothing short of a miracle. 27
The same situation applies to all our other senses. Sound, touch, taste
and smell are all transmitted to the brain as electrical signals and are per-
ceived in the relevant centres in the brain.
The sense of hearing works in a similar manner to that of sight. The
outer ear picks up sounds by the auricle and directs them to the middle
ear. The middle ear transmits the sound vibrations to the inner ear and
intensifies them. The inner ear translates the vibrations into electrical sig-
nals, which it sends into the brain. Just as with the eye, the act of hearing
finally takes place in the centre of hearing in the brain. The brain is insu-
lated from sound just as it is from light. Therefore, no matter how noisy it
is outside, the inside of the brain is completely silent.

All we see in our lives is formed
in a part of our brain called the
"vjision centre" which lies at
the back of our brain, and
which occupies only a few
cubic centimetres. Both the
book you are now reading and
the boundless landscape you
see when you gaze at the hori-
zon fit into this tiny space.
Therefore, we see objects not in
their actual sizes existing out-
side, but in the sizes perceived
by our brain.

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