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The Skulls That Demolish Darwinism

WHO SEES?

rom the moment a person is born, he becomes subject to the steady indoc-
trination of the society. Part of this indoctrination, possibly the most persua-
F sive, holds that reality is what the hands can touch and the eyes can see. This un-
derstanding, which is quite influential in the majority of the society, is carried without question
from one generation to another.
But without being subjected to any indoctrination, a moment of objective thought would make
one realize an astonishing fact:
Everything we confront from the moment we come into existence-human beings, animals,
flowers, their colors, odors, fruits, tastes of fruits, planets, stars, mountains, stones, buildings,
space-are perceptions presented to us by our five senses. To further clarify this, it will help to exam-
ine the senses, the agents that provide us with information about the exterior world.
All of man's sensory faculties-sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch-function in the same way.
Stimuli (lights, sounds, smells, tastes, textures) from objects in the external world are carried
through nerves to the sensory centers in the brain. All these stimuli that reach the brain consist of
electric signals. For example, during the process of vision, light rays (or photons) radiating from
sources in the exterior world reach the retina at the back of the eye and, through a series of process-

es, are transformed into electric signals. These signals are transferred along nerves to the brain's vi-
sion center. There, a colorful, bright and three-dimensional world is perceived with-
in the space of a few cubic centimeters.
The same system applies to other senses as well. Cells on the surface of the
tongue transform chemical traces into electric signals that become tastes.
Odors are transformed into electric signals by cells in the epithelium of the
nose. Special sensors lodged beneath the skin transform impulses of
touch (such as the sensations of hardness or softness) into electric sig-
nals, and a special mechanism in the ear does the same with sound. All
these signals are sent to appropriate centers in the brain, where they are
perceived.

216 Harun Yahya