The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D. Hoffman

The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

Donald D. Hoffman

250 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction computer science science reflective slow-paced
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Do we see the world as it truly is? Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says no: our visual perceptions are not a window on reality, but are interfaces constructed by natural selection. Using thirty years of his own research, as well as others' wor...

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