The TED Interview

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

Nov 13, 2019

54:58

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The Interface

01:21

Evolution Is Like a Vitio Game

01:24

Is There a Realm of Conscious Agents?

01:58

Conscious Sensory Experiences Resemble or Approximate True Properties of an Existing Physical World

05:32

Introduction

2min

What Is Consciousness?

2min

The Correlation Between Brain Activity and Our Conscious Experiences

3min

The Hard Problem of Consciousness

4min

The Hard Problem of Consciousness

5min

Conscious Sensory Experiences Resemble or Approximate True Properties of an Existing Physical World

6min

Are We Just Machines?

3min

Is There a Connection Between the Physical World and Conscious Experiences?

2min

Virtual Reality

2min

10.

The Glass of Water Is Not Just Semthing You See, but Something You Taste

2min

11.

Evolution and the Jewel Beetle

4min

12.

How to Boot Up Consciousness From Unconscious Ingredients

4min

13.

Is There a Conscious Sea of Agents in the Universe?

3min

14.

Is There a Realm of Conscious Agents?

3min

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The Theory of Conscious Agents

2min

16.

I'm Struck by the Ambition Level of This Project

2min

17.

The Problem of Consciousness

2min

18.

Is Death Just a Consciousness Stepping Out of the Inter Pace?

3min

19.

Is the Pok a Good Place to Go?

2min

20.

How to Build Trust and Build Trust

2min

According to cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, our brains are showing us a "hacked" version of reality. His revolutionary new way of thinking about consciousness combines the study of evolution with insights into brain activity in an attempt to solve the mysteries behind how we perceive the world.

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