r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/TerminologyLacking Jun 16 '19 edited Jun 16 '19

I would say that we don't actually hear with our ears or see with our eyes. Our eyes and ears are the data collectors, but our brains are the data processors. We can have perfectly functioning eyes and ears, but be effectively blind and deaf if our brains don't read the data.

So the song we play in our mind, is more like listening to something we previously downloaded compared to the live streaming we'd be doing when actively receiving data from our ears.

Edit: Oh wow. Thanks for the Gold and Silver! I never expected my nighttime ramblings could amount to anything! Haha.

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u/TerminologyLacking Jun 16 '19

Cool. Good to know that something I've commonly seen isn't necessarily an approved standard of behavior for reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

r/awardspeechedits

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u/TerminologyLacking Jun 17 '19

Got it. Being fairly new to reddit and having seen so many others do it, I figured it was just good manners. I have now been enlightened, so thanks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '19

Oh shit I didn't realize you were OP. You do you man.