According to this model, human beings are, at least in one aspect, sensation-receiving machines; and although our receptory apparatus is competent to select and organize outward stimuli within the narrow range necessary for physical survival within our environment, it does not necessarily tell us very much about the nature of that environment. People, in other words, have little access to the possible world existing beyond their sensations. Cruce Stark
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Alvin Toffler in his book "Future Shock" said that the human being is essentially a machine that is painfully programmed to receive, organize, and transmit information. The information that we receive is limited to information that can be processed via the senses, according to the job that our brains are set up for. We are not programmed to process information about the so-called future. Instead, we are programmed to deal with the here and now, particularly in relation to our own survival.

Source: The Haunted Dusk

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