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noscopebacon
I don't say things that aren't true and assert them as fact. It's going to be a long thread if you assume otherwise.
Brain surgery is not proof that we know how the brain works. Did trepanation and transorbital lobotomy indicate a comprehensive understanding of the
brain? No. There are people who have had portions of their brain removed and regained functions thought to be limited to same certain regions of the
brain that were damaged. They have theories why it can be overcome, but nothing complete or proven.
In the case of the animal torture video they have managed to translate, in a rudimentary fashion, the visual field of a cat. It's impressive and I've
seen similar brain reading performed on humans. The finer points of reconciling the image into focus seem to be lost in the process, because there is
a function occuring in the brain they don't understand. The image produced is probably more similar to the very primitive vision of lampreys, more
light detection than true vision with real utility. This obviously would indicate the translation of data is poor as cats are predators with
complicated forward facing eyes.
It's not understood in humans either, but it's thought to be an image stabilization averaging images over time, very rapidly, and providing a clear
image. Some of what the OP described sounds like it could be a function of this poorly understood mechanism in the brain. A staggered frame rate
rather than an averaged composite could have a similar "feel" in the brain. This would cause a tiling effect of images as it hits the brain.
No matter what you may believe I know for a fact visual images can be captured in real time, stored in the brain, and further analyzed as if they're
photographic. It takes practice, but even at travel speed in a vehicle you can eliminate blur using rapid eyes movement. If I'm able to do that then
it would make sense, and be within the range of known effects in the brain, that the OP is experiencing some degree of control over an otherwise
involuntary neurological process. Again, your belief is irrelevant as I know from personal experience that some subconscious functions are accessible
to the conscious mind with practice.
In the absence of a known/detected physiological impairment, with the brain remaining largely a mystery and having undergone the recommended
diagnostics, it seems highly likely there is a process in the brain causing this. If it's not causing any kind of impairment to the OP's life then
there is almost no chance further treatment is going to be recommended by any medical provider.
All this is aside from the fact that the OP has not solicited your medical advice and, in the absence of a license, you are not morally or ethically
obligated to continue treating this patient for the mental illness you've been asked multiple times to stop diagnosing. You have no test results, no
labs, nor even a pulse rate, from which to make any kind of medical determination. You've ignored or have taken issue with the full range of
normal.diagnostics that OP has described undergoing. There is no further juice for you to squeeze and you will never be able to provide evidence that
it can't be an atypical brain function because that evidence doesn't exist.
The fact is that unexplained things happen, often. Science is currently insufficient to explain it all. Even if DARPA knows 100 times more than I
believe we know it would still be a tiny fraction of what remains unknown. We don't even know how much we don't know.