Do We See Reality As It Is?

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In this Ted talk, cognitive scientist and author 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? Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. Viewed over a million times, this video is an ever so slightly mind-blowing talk in which Hoffman ponders how our minds construct reality for us.

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