# Perception as Active Construction by Anil Seth > “We don’t just passively perceive the world; we actively generate it. The world we experience comes as much from the inside-out as the outside-in.” > **— Anil Seth**, *“Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality,” TED2017 talk, April 26, 2017* ## Sources and Context - **Original or near-original source:** [“Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality,” TED2017 talk, April 26, 2017](https://blog.ted.com/how-does-consciousness-happen-anil-seth-speaks-at-ted2017/) — TED’s contemporaneous report quotes these two contiguous statements directly from Seth’s talk; the official talk is at https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine|The Closed-Loop Gaussian Sensorium Engine]] - **Article:** [[articles/Escape Hatch in the Skull|Escape Hatch in the Skull]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Predictive Processing|Predictive Processing]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Predictive Processing|Predictive Processing]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We don’t just passively perceive the world; we actively generate it. The world we experience comes as much from the inside-out as the outside-in.” — Anil Seth, “Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality,” TED2017 talk, April 26, 2017 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-anil-seth-perception-active-construction ```