WARNING: Nothing you see is real, and your brain evolved to hide the truth?! Top psychologist Donald Hoffman reveals the mathematical proof we’re living in a virtual illusion, how space-time is just a headset, and why consciousness is the real code.

Donald Hoffman is an award-winning cognitive scientist and professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is best known for his groundbreaking research into perception and consciousness, and is also the author of the book ‘The Case Against Reality’.

He explains:

Why seeing true reality would kill us
How evolution hides reality to help us survive
What’s really behind the space-time illusion
How your brain acts like a VR headset
How consciousness builds the universe
Why space, gravity, and nuclear forces don’t actually fit together

00:00 Intro

02:30 Do We Understand What We're Seeing?

02:35 Rhonda's Mission, Drive, and the Problems She Wants to Solve

03:03 Space-Time

05:39 Are We in a Virtual Reality World?

07:50 Darwin’s Theory Suggests Our World Isn’t Real

13:06 What Would Reality Be Without Our Senses?

18:07 Simulations That Prove This Isn’t Real

23:28 What This Means for Living a Better Life

33:43 Understand Who You Are

38:24 Simulation Theories

43:18 What’s the Meaning of Life in This Reality?

44:56 Did Someone or Something Create Consciousness?

46:59 Where Does God Fit in This Reality?

48:24 Was Jesus Divine Beyond Any of Us?

52:56 Near-Death Experience and What Happens When We Die

01:02:05 Grief and Love

01:05:14 Light and Tunnel in Near-Death Experiences

01:07:25 Why Do We Suffer?

01:18:49 What Is Your Theory of Consciousness Proving?

01:24:55 Biggest Discovery: We Can Engineer Time

01:28:59 The Consequences of Your Findings

01:38:26 Mental Health and Illusions

01:45:36 How This Reality Helps You Deal with Life

01:52:24 The Nature of Reality and AI

01:57:54 What Would You Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

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