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Table of Contents Praise Dedication Title Page Copyright Page Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: Real Scientists Don’t Study the Mind Part I - Seeing through the Brain’s Illusions Chapter 1 - Clues from a Damaged Brain Sensing the Physical World The Mind and the Brain When the Brain Doesn’t Know When the Brain Knows, But Doesn’t Tell When the Brain Tells Lies How Brain Activity Creates False Knowledge How to Make Your Brain Lie to You Checking the Reality of Our Experiences How Do We Know What’s Real? Hallucinating Other Agents Part III - Culture and the Brain Chapter 7 - Sharing Minds - How the Brain Creates Culture The Problem with Translation Meanings and Goals Solving the Inverse Problem Prior Knowledge and Prejudice What Will He Do Next? Other People Are Contagious Communication Is More Than Just Speaking Teaching Is Not Just a Demonstration To Be Imitated Closing the Loop Fork Handles: The Two Ronnies Close the Loop (Eventually) Fully Closing the Loop Knowledge Can Be Shared Knowledge Is Power The Truth Epilogue: Me and My Brain The Evidence Illustrations and Text Credits Index Praise for Makin......