"The Case Against Reality" with Donald Hoffman (WiM193)
The "What is Money?" Show
Is There a Danger of Mistaking the Pointers for Reality?
Theory suggests that perceptions are useful fictions. We're just tuning in to what is relevant to adaptive behavior, ind tuning out or pressing away a lot of the other capital ry truth. But this mistaking the pointers for truth seems to be almost like a a existential threat to dealing with pointers.
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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GUEST
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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01:07:08 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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