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Brain curtains and a confusing list of values

3 min readSep 9, 2026

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May 18, 2026:

The interpreter part of the brain supposedly creates narratives out of the spontaneous unstructured thoughts from the Default Mode Network (DMN).

Both the interpreter and DMN work behind the scenes, separated from the person experiencing the narrative they co-create. So none of them know what it’s like to experience each other’s realities. Why are they all separated like that? How do they know who’s behind the curtains? What if there’s multiple people or no people or different people at different times receiving the narratives?

The interpreter receives ambiguous, potentially distorted or twisted input from the DMN, filling in gaps with inaccurate information, making false interpretations and categorizations of DMN behavior just so it can keep up. But why does it have to fill in every gap?

Maybe the interpreter believes if it doesn’t fill all gaps in continuity, something bad will happen. Like if they leave a gap “open” to interpretation, people from the outside world will…

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Disclaimer: Entries are not portrayals of authentic beliefs, but explorative translations of canidley's lived experience and/or expressions From, The unknown.