#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
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Donald’s Website: <a href="http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/">http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/</a><br />
Documents & Articles:<br />
1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: <a href="https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268">https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268</a><br />
2. Conscious Agent Networks: <a href="https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf">https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf</a><br />
3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/</a><br />
Books:<br />
1. The Case Against Reality: <a href="https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt">https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt</a><br />
2. Vision: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Q4ibTm">https://amzn.to/3Q4ibTm</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:04) – Case against reality<br />
(19:33) – Spacetime<br />
(43:57) – Reductionism<br />
(1:04:23) – Evolutionary game theory<br />
(1:32:46) – Consciousness<br />
(2:28:06) – Visualizing reality<br />
(2:43:23) – Ephemerality of life<br />
(2:51:48) – Simulation theory<br />
(2:57:30) – Difficult ideas<br />
(3:12:32) – Love<br />
(3:16:07) – Advice for young people<br />
(3:18:26) – Meaning of life</p>