#293 Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion How Evolution Hid the Truth

Published: June 12, 2022, 6:50 p.m.

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nDocuments & Articles:
\n1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268
\n2. Conscious Agent Networks: https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf
\n3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/
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\nOUTLINE:
\nHere's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(08:04) - Case against reality
\n(19:33) - Spacetime
\n(43:57) - Reductionism
\n(1:04:23) - Evolutionary game theory
\n(1:32:46) - Consciousness
\n(2:28:06) - Visualizing reality
\n(2:43:23) - Ephemerality of life
\n(2:51:48) - Simulation theory
\n(2:57:30) - Difficult ideas
\n(3:12:32) - Love
\n(3:16:07) - Advice for young people
\n(3:18:26) - Meaning of life