The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality

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The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality

Post by Riddick » 04-30-2016 03:20 PM

Your perceptions of reality are mere illusions.

This isn’t a mantra from some self-satisfied guru or a philosopher’s conversational gambit; it’s a serious scientific theory. In a mind-bending interview in Quanta Magazine, Amanda Gefter gets cognitive scientist David Hoffman to lay out the case that all conscious animals evolved to reject the world as it is and embrace a perception of it that helps their genes succeed. FULL STORY
A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached. ART BELL

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