From THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION by Aldous Huxley .
Huxley quotes Dr. C.D. Broad :
"...the function of the brain, nervous system and sense organs is in the main eliminative and not productive . Each person is at each moment capable of remembering and perceiving everything that is happening everywhere in the universe . The function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us from being overwhelmed and confused by this mass of largely useless and irrelevant knowledge by shutting out most of what we should otherwise perceive or remember at any moment, and leaving only that very small and special selection which is likely to be practical or useful ."
"To make biological survival possible, the Mind, has to be funneled through the reducing value of the brain and nervous system ."
"...likely to be PRACTICAL..." Remember this please .
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