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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 69

rear of the brain known as the vision center. After a series of
processes, these electrical signals in this brain center are perceived
as an image. The act of seeing actually takes place at the posterior of
the brain, in this tiny spot which is pitch dark, completely insulated
from light.
Even though this process is largely understood, when we
claim, "We see," in fact we are perceiving the effects of impulses
reaching our eye, transformed into electrical signals, and induced in
our brain. And so, when we say, "We see," actually we are observing
electrical signals in our mind.
All the images we view in our lives are formed in our center of
vision, which takes up only a few cubic centimeters in the brain's
volume. The book you are now reading, as well as the boundless
landscape you see when you gaze at the horizon, both occur in this
tiny space. And keep in mind that, as noted before, the brain is insu-
lated from light. Inside the skull is absolutely dark; and the brain it-
self has no contact with light that exists outside.
An example can illustrate this interesting paradox. Suppose we
place a burning candle in front of you. You can sit across from it and
watch this candle at length. During this time, however, your brain
never has any direct contact with the candle's original light. Even
while you perceive the candle's light, the inside of your brain is
lightless. We all watch a bright, colorful world inside our pitch-dark
brain.
R. L. Gregory explains the miraculous aspect of seeing, which is
taken so very much for granted:
We are so familiar with seeing, that it takes a leap of imagination to
realize that there are problems to be solved. But consider it. We are
given tiny distorted upside-down images in the eyes, and we see sep-
arate solid objects in surrounding space. From the patterns of simu-