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
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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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