The case against reality
The case against reality
- July 27, 2019
- Don Hoffman, cog sci, in Neuroscience News, July 27, 2019
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Perception is not objective reality. Case in point: The above image is stationary and flat…just try telling your brain that. In his new book, The Case Against Reality, UCI cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman applies this concept to the whole of human consciousness – how we see, think, feel and interact with the world around us. And he thinks we’ve been looking at it all wrong.
For the full story, please visit https://neurosciencenews.com/visual-reality-14590/.
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