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The world after reality | Hilary Lawson

Philosophy For Our Times

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Is Reality an Illusion?

Lotto: The more we explore reality, the more it seems to have characteristics which are rather similar to those that previously applied to God. A whole slew of neuroscientists have come to a similar view in the last ten years or so says Donald Hoffman at University of California Irving. And David Eagleman at Stanford University says reality is an illusion perpetuated by brains and investigators in perception. Lotto: It's not just neuroscience; physics as well has uncovered the elusive character of reality.

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