Do you see the truth—or just a filtered version of reality?

In this episode of the Still Life Podcast, Henry Mitchell and Jim George dive into one of the most mind-bending questions of all time: What is reality?

Our senses tell us we’re experiencing the world as it is, but neuroscience, physics, and philosophy suggest otherwise. Your mind constructs what you perceive, filtering out overwhelming amounts of data and creating a reality suited for survival—not truth.

Key Topics Covered:

🔹 What is Reality? – The challenge of defining the undefinable.

🔹 Relative vs. Objective Reality – Why we all live in different versions of the world.

🔹 How Evolution Shaped Your Perception – Why your brain hides most of reality from you.

🔹 The Mind’s Projection Trick – How your brain constructs a visual and sensory interface.

🔹 Technology, AI & the Future of Perception – How expanding awareness changes what we consider “real.”

Everything you think is solid, permanent, and objective… might just be a convenient illusion.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 - 01:52 - Intro

01:52 - 05:53 - Defining Reality

05:53 - 08:34 - Relative Reality

08:34 - 18:50 - Evolution of Perception

18:50 - 43:11 - Perceiving “Reality”

43:11 - 47:40 - Surviving Reality

47:40 - 55:27 - Objective Reality

55:27 - 1:02:17 - What is Surviving?

1:02:07 - 1:11:27 - Technology & the Future

1:11:27 - 1:28:04 - Jim’s Thoughts

1:28:04 - 1:48:33 - Jim’s Reality