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

2022-06-12 · 203 min · 27 entities

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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1005268
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://youtube.com/lexfridman
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1005268
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://youtube.com/lexclips
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1005268
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff
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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf

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Link in episode "#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr
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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: – Calm : https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off – LMNT : https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – InsideTracker : https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – MasterClass : https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – Indeed : https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Donald’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman Donald’s Website: http://cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ Documents & Articles: 1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268 2. Conscious Agent Networks: https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf 3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/ Books: 1. The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt 2. Vision: https://amzn.to/3Q4ibTm PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman 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