We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is
We survive because reality may be nothing like we think it is
- December 4, 2016
- Don Hoffman, cog sci, in the Big Think, Dec. 4, 2016
Professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine Donald H. Hoffman
has doubts that reality is much like what we think it is. We live in a mental construction,
he says, a sort of utilitarian fantasy, of our own devising. And it’s not a problem
that it may not be a true representation of reality − in fact, it may be evolutionarily
necessary.
For the full story, please visit http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/we-survive-because-reality-may-be-nothing-like-we-think-it-is.
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