Do not read or listen to this if you are not prepared to face some really challenging questions about the nature of reality and the way we perceive it.
I’m not joking, I’m not being clever. I’m being totally serious: this is really heavy stuff and if you’re inclined to spin into madness when you think about these sorts of things, stay away.
As a cognitive scientist studying and thinking about perception since 1997, I’m not nearly as unsettled about this as some folk might be. I spend the better part of my life (and a Nerd Nite talk!) convincing people of exactly this!
Reality, as we experience it, is a total lie made up by our brains to try and bring order to a system that is completely indifferent to our existence.
Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman
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