#293–Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion–How Evolution Hid the Truth - a podcast by Lex Fridman

Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction(08:04) - Case against reality
(19:33) - Spacetime(43:57) - Reductionism
(1:04:23) - Evolutionary game theory(1:32:46) - Consciousness
(2:28:06) - Visualizing reality(2:43:23) - Ephemerality of life
(2:51:48) - Simulation theory(2:57:30) - Difficult ideas
(3:12:32) - Love(3:16:07) - Advice for young people
(3:18:26) - Meaning of life

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