Inside your skull, in complete darkness, an extraordinary process is unfolding.
The brain never sees light. It never hears sound. It receives only electrical signals. Yet from those signals it constructs the vivid world you experience every moment — colors, objects, other people, and the feeling of being "you."
In *Simulating Oneself*, Denys Kolesnykov invites readers on a scientific and philosophical journey into the mechanisms that create our sense of reality and identity. Combining insights from neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind, the book explores how the brain builds models of the world, the body, and the self.
Through famous experiments and modern research, readers will discover:
• how the brain actively constructs the reality we perceive
• why the sense of a stable "self" may be a dynamic process rather than a fixed entity
• what neuroscience reveals about free will and decision-making
• how attention and awareness can transform our experience of life
Yet this is not a story about illusion leading to emptiness. On the contrary, understanding the brain's role in shaping our experience reveals something remarkable: the self may not be a static object, but a living process — one that can learn, adapt, and become more aware.
*Simulating Oneself* is a thought-provoking exploration of consciousness, identity, and human freedom, written for readers curious about how the mind creates the world we live in.
