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#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
Lex Fridman Podcast
We're Having Our Perceptions
Our perceptions are there to guide adaptive behavior, full stop. In fact, the way I think about it is they're there to hide the truth because the truth is too complicated. If you had to know all that truth, your friends wouldn't hear from you. So what evolution gave us was perceptions that guide adaptive behavior. And part of that process means hiding the truth and giving you eye candy.
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