Is Reality an Illusion? - Professor Donald Hoffman, PhDThe Weekend University
Dec 9, 2022
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Do we see reality as it is? | Donald HoffmanTED
Jun 11, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY
I would say that our perception of the world/reality is distorted or superficial, it's really disconcerting how easily our minds are tricked by illusions, for example you probably seen some graphic illusions in the web
Yes our perceptions are heavily filtered to capture only 'useful' information.
This theory is obviously inspired by computer games, virtual-reality, The Matrix etc. And as programmers we routinely deal with space, sequence and dimensions. We handle them with minimal effort to get the desired results.
We can say that "Everything man made is buggy".
As a automatic consequence we just stay in bed."
If you say "everything is an illusion", i ask you to give me $1000,
as its only an illusion, it can not be a problem for you to give me the illusional money.
This happens if you mix the reality "of a Zen Master" with your "Normal perspective".
LIVE IS REAL.Another Question would be "What is REAL?", we can try that with the $1000 and you will learn more about it.
Some illusions are more real?
According to Donald Hoffman, Space-Time is an interface, like a computer screen. You can try to examine the individual pixels of the screen but they will not reveal the underlying system. Similarly, Wolfram Hypergraphs seek to explore the underlying rules which generate space-time and the structure of the universe.
So maybe its time to give up on Hadron Colliders and take a different approach to physics :)
Its a very stupid idea to intermix Zen-Theory with real life science and it always will lead into all sorts of problems. Generally reality is made in a way that its real.
If you go into the cinema and instead of enjoying the film you discuss all the time "why you can see pixels and the sound is from Loudspeakes" etc. they will kick you out sooner or later :-).