The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes
Autor Donald D. Hoffmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 aug 2020
'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world around us' Steven Pinker
'Is reality virtual? It's a question made even more interesting by this book' Barbara Kiser,Nature
Do we see the world as it truly is? InThe Case Against Reality, pioneering cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says no? we see what we need in order to survive. Our visual perceptions are not a window onto reality, Hoffman shows us, but instead are interfaces constructed by natural selection. The objects we see around us are not unlike the file icons on our computer desktops: while shaped like a small folder on our screens, the files themselves are made of a series of ones and zeros - too complex for most of us to understand. In a similar way, Hoffman argues, evolution has shaped our perceptions into simplistic illusions to help us navigate the world around us. Yet now these illusions can be manipulated by advertising and design.
Drawing on thirty years of Hoffman's own influential research, as well as evolutionary biology, game theory, neuroscience, and philosophy,The Case Against Realitymakes the mind-bending yet utterly convincing case that the world is nothing like what we see through our eyes.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141983417
ISBN-10: 0141983418
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141983418
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Donald
D.
Hoffmanis
Professor
of
Cognitive
Sciences
at
the
University
of
California,
Irvine.
He
is
the
author
ofVisual
Intelligence(Norton,
1998),
as
well
as
over
one
hundred
scholarly
articles
on
various
aspects
of
human
perception
and
cognition.
He
received
a
Distinguished
Scientific
Award
of
the
American
Psychological
Association
for
early
career
research
into
visual
perception;
the
Rustum
Roy
Award
of
the
Chopra
Foundation;
and
the
Troland
Research
Award
of
the
US
National
Academy
of
Sciences.
His
2015
TED
Talk
'Do
we
see
reality
as
it
is?'
has
had
over
2.9
million
views.
Recenzii
This
book
is
pure,
sunshine-yellow,
stop-me-guys-if-I'm-being-crazy
California
deep-think
...thoughtful,
stretching
and
occasionally
brilliant.
Don Hoffman is widely regarded asone of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generationof cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world around us. Yet despite his powerful intellect and strong opinions, Hoffman is a genial writer with an unfailingly pleasant voice."
In thismasterpiece of logic, rationality, science, and mathematics, Donald Hoffman dismantles the local realism of Albert Einstein and the "astonishing hypothesis" of Francis Crick, the scientific giants of the century.Read this book carefully and you will forever change your understanding of reality, both that of the universe and your own self.
Hoffman's truly radical theory will force us to ponder reality in a completely different light. Handle with care. Your perception of the world around you is about to be dismantled!
Think you know what's really out there? Read thisbreathtaking, whistle-stop tour of a book that illuminates all the profound weirdness masked by our experience and assumptions.
Empirical research on the human brain has made breathtaking progress during the last three decades. What's missing, though, is an attempt to see the 'big picture' of the kind Don Hoffman has introduced in this book. And he does so with thewit, clarity and originalitythat characterizes all his work.
A fresh view into who we truly are?one that transcends the perceptions that we accept as reality. Hoffman unapologetically takes us down a rabbit hole where we learn that all reality is virtual and that truth lies solely in you, the creator.
Captivating and courageous...anyone who reads this book will likely never look at the world the same way again. Hoffman challenges us to rethink some of the most basic foundations of neuroscience and physics, which could prove to be exactly what we need to make progress on the most difficult questions we face about the nature of reality.
Don Hoffman is widely regarded asone of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generationof cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world around us. Yet despite his powerful intellect and strong opinions, Hoffman is a genial writer with an unfailingly pleasant voice."
In thismasterpiece of logic, rationality, science, and mathematics, Donald Hoffman dismantles the local realism of Albert Einstein and the "astonishing hypothesis" of Francis Crick, the scientific giants of the century.Read this book carefully and you will forever change your understanding of reality, both that of the universe and your own self.
Hoffman's truly radical theory will force us to ponder reality in a completely different light. Handle with care. Your perception of the world around you is about to be dismantled!
Think you know what's really out there? Read thisbreathtaking, whistle-stop tour of a book that illuminates all the profound weirdness masked by our experience and assumptions.
Empirical research on the human brain has made breathtaking progress during the last three decades. What's missing, though, is an attempt to see the 'big picture' of the kind Don Hoffman has introduced in this book. And he does so with thewit, clarity and originalitythat characterizes all his work.
A fresh view into who we truly are?one that transcends the perceptions that we accept as reality. Hoffman unapologetically takes us down a rabbit hole where we learn that all reality is virtual and that truth lies solely in you, the creator.
Captivating and courageous...anyone who reads this book will likely never look at the world the same way again. Hoffman challenges us to rethink some of the most basic foundations of neuroscience and physics, which could prove to be exactly what we need to make progress on the most difficult questions we face about the nature of reality.