Your brain doesn’t see reality. It predicts it. Your eyes send raw data, but your brain guesses what you’re looking at using memory + pattern recognition. You can grow new neurons as an adult. The hippocampus (your memory center) produces new neurons throughout life — especially when you learn new things. You feel emotions before you know what they are. The body reacts first, and your brain interprets the feelings afterward. Memories aren’t stored like files. They get rewrit