What You See and Feel is Not Reality | Dr. Donald Hoffman | EP 387

Dr. Jordan B Peterson and cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Donald Hoffman discuss what we know as reality, why space time is now being considered a “doomed” framework, and how consciousness can be understood as a vast probability space within which we orient ourselves. <br> <br>Hoffman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in quantitative psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and then his Doctorate of Philosophy in computational psychology at MIT. He briefly worked as a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, before taking on the role of assistant professor at the University of California at Irvine. He is now a professor in the department of Cognitive Sciences. He has written four books (below), on the topics of human vision, perception, consciousness, and the effects of/reasons for evolution on each. He is also a key proponent of MUI (Multimodal User Interface) theory, which states that &quot;perceptual experiences do not match or approximate properties of the objective world, but instead provide a simplified, species-specific, user interface to that world.&quot; Hoffman argues that conscious beings have not evolved to perceive the world as it actually is but have evolved to perceive the world in a way that maximizes &quot;fitness payoffs.” <br> <br>Dr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://bit.ly/3KrWbS8 <br> <br> <br>- Sponsors - <br> <br>PreBorn!: Help save 11,000 babies from abortion: https://preborn.com/Jordan <br> <br>Shopify: Get a $1/ month FREE trial with full access to Shopify's entire suite of features: https://shopify.com/jbp <br> <br> <br>- Links - <br> <br>For Dr. Donald Hoffman: <br> <br>&quot;The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes&quot; (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Case-Ag....ainst-Reality-Evolut <br> <br>&quot;Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See&quot; (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Visual-....Intelligence-How-Cre <br> <br>Dr. Hoffman on X https://twitter.com/donalddhoffman?lang=en <br> <br>Dr. Hoffman's Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/dona....ld_hoffman_do_we_see <br> <br> <br>- Chapters - <br> <br>(0:00) Tour Dates <br>(0:53) Coming up <br>(1:24) Intro <br>(2:30) Dr. Hoffman's theory of perception <br>(5:12) Fitness payoffs <br>(10:40) How has “reality” been shaped by evolution? <br>(19:19) Iconography, constraints, and pragmatism <br>(24:25) The VR headset analogy, the underlying reality <br>(28:54) Levels of potential patterning, “specifying the grip” <br>(38:08) Consciousness as conceptualized in mythology <br>(40:55) Why spacetime is a doomed framework, the theory of conscious agents <br>(47:53) Karl Friston, anxiety, and entropy <br>(52:59) How anxiety disorders warp your probability space <br>(55:25) Time is the fundamental limited resource <br>(58:41) Our reality is a projection of what lies deeper <br>(1:00:29) Every scientific endeavor starts with inherent axioms of faith <br>(1:06:34) Dawkins, reproduction, and the role of sex <br>(1:14:48) Is consciousness the primary reality? <br>(1:17:14) That which God lacks <br>(1:19:47) When the math backs the impossible <br>(1:24:50) There is no theory of everything <br>(1:25:45) Evolutionary game theory <br>(1:29:03) What lies beyond spacetime absolutely matters within it <br>(1:32:00) How has this understanding of reality affected Dr. Hoffman existentially? <br> <br> <br>// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // <br>Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jordanbpete....rson.com/youtubesign <br>Donations: https://jordanbpeterson.com/donate <br> <br>// COURSES // <br>Discovering Personality: https://jordanbpeterson.com/personality <br>Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com <br>Understand Myself (personality test): https://understandmyself.com <br> <br>// BOOKS // <br>Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: https://jordanbpeterson.com/Beyond-Order <br>12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-for-life <br>Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-meaning <br> <br>// LINKS // <br>Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com <br>Events: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events <br>Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog <br> <br>// SOCIAL // <br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson <br>Instagram: https://instagram.com/jordan.b.peterson <br>Facebook: https://facebook.com/drjordanpeterson <br>Telegram: https://t.me/DrJordanPeterson <br>All socials: https://linktr.ee/drjordanbpeterson <br> <br>#JordanPeterson #JordanBPeterson #DrJordanPeterson #DrJordanBPeterson #DailyWirePlus