The world is outside us; our senses are within us. How, then, do the two come together so that we can know something? Obviously our senses can't go forth and drag an actual chunk of the world back to their internal lair, intact and as is, for the benefit of the rest of the brain. Kathryn Schulz
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You can be aware of things that are outside of your body, like in the case of seeing the moon and hearing the sound of a bird. The senses must take something in and process it in order to give you knowledge. The brain is responsible for processing through these senses to get them to give you knowledge. For example, when you hear a dog bark, your brain receives information from your ears and processes it so you know about the dog barking.

Your brain also takes in things such as feeling the heat from the sun and smells from nature. You sense these things and then your brain processes them so that you can distinguish between what is real and what is not.

Source: Being Wrong: Adventures In The Margin Of Error

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