Did you know that your brain is very easy to “trick”? (and not only on April 1st)

Today is a day of jokes — a day when we intentionally mislead others: for fun, for surprise, for a moment of lightness.

But stop for a moment and think…

What we call a “joke” today is actually something much deeper.

It’s a mechanism of how our brain works.

Imagine a situation: someone tells you something that sounds believable.

Your brain doesn’t verify all the facts right away.

First, it does something else:

➡️ it creates a picture of reality based on what it hears.

And for a moment… that picture becomes real to you.

Only later does verification come.

But that first moment — that is a pure “illusion” you step into without resistance.

And now the most important thing:

This doesn’t only apply to jokes.

The same mechanism applies to:

rumors,

fear,

beliefs,

conflicts,

but also… hope, dreams, and visions of a better world.

Your brain doesn’t perfectly distinguish between:

➡️ what is

and

➡️ what you can imagine.

That’s why you can:

get scared by something that doesn’t exist,

feel bad because of a thought,

but also… feel calm before anything even happens.

Today, on this day of jokes, it’s easy to see how easily we can be “fooled.”

But think…

What if we could just as easily “be fooled” by good things?

For example:

that people can have good intentions,

that a conversation can fix something,

that the world doesn’t have to be a constant struggle.

There are things that begin with imagination.

First, someone is able to see them in their mind.

Only later do they begin to exist in reality.

Maybe the biggest “joke” we fall for every day

is that we only believe in the worst-case scenarios.

And yet our brain is capable of creating something completely different.

I would like every human being in the world to be able, at least for a moment, to pause and think about this.

I know it is very difficult, because often we are driven by impulses and group behavior,

but still — pausing and reflecting on how our world truly works around us is something incredibly important.

We do not want evil. We want good.

And I wish for humanity to lean only in a positive direction.

So let us think about this

and move ourselves in a positive direction.

On this occasion, I would like to wish everyone —

Christians, non-Christians, and all people around the world —

healthy and peaceful Easter.

Although I do not believe in the resurrection of Christ in a literal sense,

I am a Christian who will always defend Christian values

and stand for what Christianity has given to humanity.

I believe the story of Christ is, in a way, also something like a “shared human narrative” —

something that people have imagined, interpreted, and shaped over time.

Maybe it is a story told with good intentions by some,

and with different intentions by others.

But within that lies part of who we are.

And finally:

Let us remember to “trick” each other only in a positive way.

Because that is very important for the existence of humanity.

Let’s create better thoughts together.

Let’s imagine better things together.

Let’s become better — together.

I wish you all that.

And at the very end…

I recommend listening to “Imagine” by John Lennon, performed by Eva Cassidy.

https://youtu.be/kGnfqRR509M?si=tqNCArPkoN8uX59f

This is the world I believe in — and I wish you could imagine it too.