The Case Against Reality — Professor Donald Hoffman

Brought to you by AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement http://drinkag1.com/tim Donald Hoffman ( @donalddhoffman) received a PhD in computational psychology from MIT and is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. His TED Talk, titled “Do We See Reality as It Is?,” has almost 4M views. Please enjoy! 00:00 Start 00:32 The Helmholtz Club 06:15 Consciousness defined 15:50 Consciousness research: implications 34:53 Holographic model of the universe 32:28 Possible future technologies 43:53 Conscious agents 01:07:14 Panpsychism 01:14:06 The cosmological polytope 01:21:06 Portals to consciousness 01:37:12 QBism and quantum physics 01:44:51 Current interests 01:51:59 Spiritual connections 02:04:25 Fitness payoff function Show notes: https://tim.blog/2022/04/13/donald-hoffman/ SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

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Apr 13, 20222h 12mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: April 13, 2022
Duration: 2h 12m
Channel: Tim Ferriss
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Brought to you by AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement http://drinkag1.com/tim Donald Hoffman ( @donalddhoffman) received a PhD in computational psychology from MIT and is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He is an author of over 120 scientific papers and three books, including The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association and the Troland Research Award of the US National Academy of Sciences. His writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, LA Review of Books, and Edge, and his work has been featured in Wired, Quanta, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, National Public Radio, Discover Magazine, and Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. His TED Talk, titled “Do We See Reality as It Is?,” has almost 4M views. Please enjoy! 00:00 Start 00:32 The Helmholtz Club 06:15 Consciousness defined 15:50 Consciousness research: implications 34:53 Holographic model of the universe 32:28 Possible future technologies 43:53 Conscious agents 01:07:14 Panpsychism 01:14:06 The cosmological polytope 01:21:06 Portals to consciousness 01:37:12 QBism and quantum physics 01:44:51 Current interests 01:51:59 Spiritual connections 02:04:25 Fitness payoff function Show notes: https://tim.blog/2022/04/13/donald-hoffman/ SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

SPEAKERS

Tim Ferriss
host
Entrepreneur, author, and podcast host of The Tim Ferriss Show.
Donald Hoffman
guest
Cognitive scientist and professor known for theories of perception and consciousness, including the interface theory of perception.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Donald Hoffman, The Case Against Reality — Professor Donald Hoffman explores donald Hoffman argues perception and space-time are reality’s user interface Donald Hoffman recounts the Helmholtz Club’s goal—led by figures including Francis Crick—to pursue a neuroreductionist account of consciousness, then explains why he no longer accepts that starting point.

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