The After On Podcast

53: The Case Against Reality | Don Hoffman (classic + updated)

Jul 30, 2019

01:41:09

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

Don Hoffman's Theory of Reality

6min

The Importance of Perception

2min

The Power of the Computer Desktop

2min

The Importance of Symbols in Reality

2min

The Evolution of Interfaces

2min

The Limits of Vision

2min

The Neuroscientific View of Synesthesia

2min

Evolution's User Interface for Synesthesia

3min

10.

The Interface Theory of Perception

2min

11.

The Relationship Between Space and Time

3min

12.

The Evolution of the Chair

2min

13.

The Evolution of Perceptions

4min

14.

How Light Acts Like a Wave

4min

15.

The Double-Slut Experiment in Quantum Mechanics

2min

16.

The Delay Choice Experiment

3min

17.

The Cosmological Delay Double Slit Experiment

2min

18.

The Hard Problem: Starting With Consciousness

2min

19.

The Hard Problem of Consciousness

2min

20.

The Failure of the Brain to Cause Conscious Experiences

2min

21.

The Social Network of Conscious Agents

2min

22.

The Effect of Surgery on Epilepsy

2min

23.

The History of the Helmholtz Club

2min

24.

The Eerie Keyring Experiment

2min

25.

The Split Brain Patient

2min

26.

The Left and Right Hands Have Different Personalities

2min

27.

The Multiple Consciousnesses That Unify the Whole Self

2min

28.

The Infinitum Conscious Agent

2min

29.

The Evolution of Conscious Agents

2min

30.

The Case Against Reality

2min

31.

The Rob of 2019: A Wild Tour of Reality

2min

32.

The Importance of Free Will

2min

33.

The Importance of Epistemic Probabilities

2min

34.

The Importance of Objective Chance

2min

35.

The Illusion of Absolute Free Will

2min

36.

The Baloney Generator

3min

37.

The Free Will of Consciousness

3min

38.

The Importance of Consciousness in Science

4min

39.

The Dualist Argument for Consciousness

2min

40.

The Last Dollop of Experience

2min

41.

The Importance of Conscious Experiences

3min

Quantitative Psychologist Don Hoffman has a head-spinning take on the true nature of reality vs. what our senses report to us. This is a revisitation of our original interview, expanded with lots of new material recorded last week.

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