Neuroplasticity of the brain may help us to use the transducer that is our brain in an economical manner. It may, however, distort our perceptions of reality and may make it difficult for us to perceive aspects of our world that are outside our habitual frames of reference. This may help us to understand some of the reasons for the slowness of humans to respond to global warming and other threats to the survival of life on our planet as we know it today