Don Hoffman: Reality Does NOT Exist! (#127)

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big
question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we
need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he
ponders how our minds construct reality for us. In his research to
uncover the underlying secrets of human perception, Donald Hoffman
has discovered important clues pointing to the subjective nature of
reality. Rather than as a set of absolute physical principles,
reality is best understood as a set of phenomena our brain
constructs to guide our behavior. To put it simply: we actively
create everything we see, and there is no aspect of reality that
does not depend on consciousness. Hoffman is a faculty member at UC
Irvine and a recipient of the Troland Award of the US National
Academy of Sciences. @donalddhoffman
http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ His Book: The Case Against
Reality [
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690
] His TED Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
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Galileo. 00:18:34 The philosophy of George Berkely. Is it all in
the mind? 00:21:18 The "grand" questions and theories of
consciousness. 00:30:10 What is panpsychism? 00:31:18 Math, physics
and consciousness. Do we have a model of reality? 00:39:33 The
Interface Theory of Perception 00:44:57 What is the evolutionary
purpose of the perception of music? 00:48:21 How do we get along in
the real world if our perceptions are flawed? 00:51:21 Galileo's AR
HMD circa 1600. 00:52:28 Is consciousness a unique filter into
reality? 00:57:29 Can computers be conscious? 01:03:20 What is the
role of attention in consciousness? Are certain experiences, like
war and drugs, a one-way street? 01:08:43 What advice would you
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