Du forsvinder (2017)

Trine Dyrholm: Mia Halling

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• Mia Halling : When an experience is stored in your memory, over time your memory of it will change. Whenever you recall your memory, you rewrite it. So your experience of having true memories is in fact an illusion.

• Mia Halling : Associations derived from sensory experiences aren't tied to memories alone. But also to our conceptions. Our conception of something can change our experience of the actual event. Our actions and choices aren't free. Our brain uses our stored knowledge to predict, and guide us toward what is best for our survival. The half a second it takes our impulse to reach our conscious mind, is spent on unconscious brain activity, dictating what reaches our conscious mind and how we act upon it. Our choice has already been made before we experience making it. The philosopher Spinoza said that the only difference between a man and a stone rolling down a hill, is that only man believes himself to be in charge of his destiny.

• Mia Halling : Our eyes only sense. It's with our brain that we see. Our brain shapes what we see. The way we each see, individually. The same thing goes for what we hear, touch, smell and taste. All that we know, fee! And remember, even what we see in front of us, is the result of a subjective mental process. We are our brain. We are only what's in it. The impressions made on it, and its ability to steer us through life

• Mia Halling : We rarely experience and interpret things alike. When our brain has a sensory experience, it triggers associations based on what is already stored in our brain. This makes the experience comprehensible to us. But as we each store individual things, our associations and comprehension are individual, too.

• Mia Halling : It only takes a few milliseconds to register a sensation, but up to half a second to create a conscious experience, within a comprehensible context. That's why we automatically let go of a scalding pot lid, but not till the lid hits the floor, do we realize we've burnt our hand. So our conscious mind always lags behind the present.

• Mia Halling : Are we shaped by the judgmental eyes of others? Or are only we responsible for the person we become? Are we just a patchwork of misconstrued experiences and washed-out memories? Don't we have free will? Is our destiny in our DNA? In the chemistry of our brain? In the Saws of nature? Does the state of our brain determine who we are at any given time? And only that? Then how come we have such a strong sense of who we are? That our experiences and memories are true?

• Mia Halling : Only about 5% of our brain is used to create our conscious mind. Which shapes our subjective experience of life. Our brain chooses a fraction of the sensations constantly thrown at us. They are combined with relevant memories, emotions and conceptions. To create a comprehensible experience in our conscious mind.

• Mia Halling : Are we shaped by the judgmental eyes of others Or are only we responsible for the person we become? Are we just a patchwork of misconstrued experiences and washed-out memories?