"The Case Against Reality" with Donald Hoffman (WiM193)
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/
PODCAST
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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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