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

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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Donald’s Website: cogsci.uci.edu
Documents & Articles:
1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: journals.plos.org
2. Conscious Agent Networks: chrisfieldsresearch.com
3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: plato.stanford.edu
Books:
1. The Case Against Reality: amzn.to
2. Vision: amzn.to

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:04) – Case against reality
(19:33) – Spacetime
(43:57) – Reductionism
(1:04:23) – Evolutionary game theory
(1:32:46) – Consciousness
(2:28:06) – Visualizing reality
(2:43:23) – Ephemerality of life
(2:51:48) – Simulation theory
(2:57:30) – Difficult ideas
(3:12:32) – Love
(3:16:07) – Advice for young people
(3:18:26) – Meaning of life