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The Left and Right Hemispheres Are Specialized for Reductionalism, Classification, All These Things
Riti: It seems to me that perhaps software architecture and psychology have more in common than we've ever realized. And i think your theory takes tat to probably its bleeding edge. I'd like to read you wrote, actually, the evidence, as we it, favors the view that the minor hemisphere is very conscious indeed. Two persons with distinct likes and likes appear to reside and sometimes quarrel side by side inside one skull.
Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California in Irvine, Donald Hoffman joins me for a conversation around spirituality, science & human consciousness. We also discuss how we as humans use "useful fictions" to perceive reality & his book, "The Case Against Reality".
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Donald's Twitter: https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman
Donald's Book, "The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes": https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-Reality-Evolution-Truth/dp/0393254690/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540324581&sr=1-6
Donald's Book, "Visual Intelligence": https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Intelligence-How-Create-What/dp/0393319679
Donald's Website: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/
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Transcript:
Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money” Intro
00:00:08 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:37 Introducing Donald & Discussing his book, "The Case Against Reality"
00:13:02 Criticism & Pushback about "Fitness Payoff Functions" in his Book, "The Case Against Reality"
00:18:56 Discussing "Scientific Theory"
00:21:35 Space & Time, Sensorial Perceptions & Reality
00:29:08 Perception & "Useful Fictions"
00:33:11 Space & Time being a "Data Structure"
00:38:00 Universal Darwinism & Evolutionary Truth
00:40:45 Building Reality based on "Useful Fictions" & Communication
00:52:36 Science Illuminating the Pointers of Reality
00:58:00 Spirituality, Science & Consciousness
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01:05:58 Take Control of Your Healthcare with Crowd Health
01:07:08 Discussing how "Wisdom is Silent" & how Polarity helps create our Reality
01:11:30 The Neural Correlates of Consciousness
01:16:54 Discussing the "Neural Cognitive Consciousness"
01:22:32 What if Consciousness is Corporative?
01:30:56 Discussing, "The Theory of Consciousness Realism"
01:40:24 What Role does Religion & Mythology play in Shaping our Consciousness?
01:47:40 How Spirituality helps in Avoiding Worldly Consumptions & Concerns
01:50:43 How the Corruption of Money is an Attack on Language
01:59:07 Intergenerational Quest to find Truth & Meaning
02:03:54 Where to find Donald's Work!
02:05:24 "What is Money" Outro
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