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Cognitive Scientist Claims Probability of Seeing Reality as It Is Zero
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Evolution Designed Your Senses to Hide Reality | Donald Hoffman
"If you look at the mathematics of evolutionary theory very, very carefully, it basically says the probability that any organism has ever been shaped to see any aspect of reality as it is is zero. In other words, the probability that we see the truth is zero."
Donald Hoffman, cognitive scientist and professor, argues that evolutionary theory mathematically proves humans never evolved to see reality as it truly is. Using evolutionary game theory, he claims natural selection shaped our senses not to reveal truth but to function like a VR headset optimized for survival. This directly contradicts the mainstream scientific assumption that perception approximates objective reality.
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