Stunning Video Shows Why Your Brain “Blinds” You Every Day for Two Hours

Viewers have been left in a state of shock by an intriguing film from the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt-In a Nutshell, which explains the startling science behind how we see reality.

And how our brains truly “blind” us for around two hours every day. The narrator states, “You’re not living in the moment you think you are.” As you perceive reality, your brain creates it.

It tells you a version of the universe that just seems genuine, works in several time spheres, and modifies your memories in real time.

One unexpected fact? Only a little, thumbnail-sized area of our visual field is fully visible to us. Until the brain fills in the blanks, everything else is hazy and confused.

Our eyes use quick movements called saccades, which last around 50 milliseconds apiece, three to four times each second to do this.

To prevent motion blur, your brain effectively shuts off your eyesight during these little movements. However, instead of just erasing such times,

 

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