Your brain makes educated estimates about what ought to have happened during that time and puts the pieces together to produce what seems to be a seamless reality.
The video goes on to say: “Your brain creates a version of the present after a brief period of processing. What you see as “now” is really a well crafted reenactment of the past.
There were strong responses to the mind-bending news in the YouTube comment area. One observer wrote: In fact, this gives me comfort.
I feel less alone when I consider that my conscious self is just a component of a bigger system that is trying to help me. It seems like my brain is doing its hardest to be a lifetime buddy.
Another joked: “I can now state that I’m in the past, present, and future when someone urges me to live in the present. Have them!
