The Brain's Deceptive Nature

Here’s a fact that sounds fake, but isn’t. Your brain lies to you all the time.

For example, your brain is constantly filling in gaps in what you see. That blind spot

in your eye? You literally can’t see it — your brain just makes stuff up so you don’t

notice. Another fact: when you remember something, you’re not replaying a memory.

You’re actually recreating it. Which means every time you remember something,

you slightly change it. So yeah… your childhood memories might be low-key inaccurate.

And here’s my favorite one: Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy,

even though it’s only around 2% of your body weight. So if you’re exhausted from doing absolutely