A review by boborbot
The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D. Hoffman

2.0

Dnf. Shame, the premise is great, and I agree with it. The problem is that the premise is simple, though unintuitive (that there is no reason to assume that we would naturally evolve to see the world as it is, that logic is a tool for monkeys looking for sex and food and not necessarily fitting for math and discovery) but in the end the book is without substance without it, it being an unprovable idea (without inventing an alternative to our pre-installed logic, you cannot discuss the faults of logic, as you’ll use the same ideas you’re trying to ditch). He grasps at straws with the Holographic Principal, and returns to the same analogies again and again. Also, terrible *terrible* pop-culture references, this is embarrassing to read at times.