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#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
Lex Fridman Podcast
Isn't It Scary to Look Beyond the Game?
Einstein's idea of local realism is strictly speaking false. We can predict, we can set up in quantum theory, and there's a paper by Chris Fuchs where he scouts this out. Quantum theory is established. Also non-contextual realism is not true. If consciousness is fundamental, space time itself is an act of fact creation. It's an interface that we create, consciousness creates, plus all the objects in it. And yet I know as an absolute fact, I'm going to walk away from all of it. The science is really clear. Space time is doomed. My emotions rebel left and right. Something inside of me says, you're crazy. Of course you are
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