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

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Objects and Fitness Functions in a Data Structure

The idea is that objects then, what are objects from an evolutionary point of view? We thought that when I saw a bottle, it was because I was seeing a true object that existed whether or not it was perceived. Evolutionary theory suggests a different interpretation. So once you allow that, then what you find is once again that truth goes extinct and the organisms that just get an interface are the ones that went.

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