Our Simulated Reality & the Truth About Consciousness | Dr. Donald Hoffman

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Cognitive scientist, Dr. Donald Hoffman and I riff about the nature of reality, why Don believes the world we see is an evolutionarily convenient illusion, Don's theory of conscious agents, the consciousness behind the illusion, and more. Full episode here: https://youtu.be/SUrt41bK6vo Links For Don: Don's book, The Case Against Reality: https://shorturl.at/lOTU5 Fusions of Consciousness Paper: https://shorturl.at/hijxQ Don's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY&t=3s Don's Bio: https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/ My previous episodes with Don: https://thirdeyedrops.com/tag/donald-hoffman/ Support Third Eye Drops 🌀 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thirdeyedrops Hear our 300-plus other podcasts: 🎧 Apple Podcasts: thirdeyedrops.com/itunes 🎧 Spotify: https://shorturl.at/ahnB1 🌀 Website https://www.thirdeyedrops.com ✌️Follow Michael on Instagram https://instagram.com/third_eye_drops