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Donald Hoffman has a radical new theory on how we experience reality

The TED Interview

CHAPTER

The Problem of Consciousness

"There is no real fundamental reason why we should assume that we have the concepts needed to solve this hard problem of consciousness," he says. "From an evolutionary point of view, we're just another species, homo sapients." He adds: "My theory about the ultimate nature of reality could be wrong ... i should bet against myself"

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