Donald Hoffman
Professor of Cognitive Sciences | Evolutionary Origins of Consciousness
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Donald Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His pioneering research explores the evolutionary origins of consciousness, challenging traditional views of visual perception.
Hoffman has published over 100 scientific papers and authored the book 'The Case Against Reality', which was named a Best Science Book of 2019 by Forbes. His TED talk 'Do We See Reality As It Is?
' has been viewed over 7 million times, inspiring new perspectives on the nature of human experience.
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Do we see reality as it is?
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.
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