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Donald Hoffman is a cognitive scientist at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Documents & Articles:
  

1. Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268
   
2. Conscious Agent Networks: https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/CA-circuits-CSR-rev2.pdf
   
3. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Argument in Quantum Theory: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-epr/
   Books:
   
4. The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt
   
5. Vision: https://amzn.to/3Q4ibTm
   
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (08:04) - Case against reality
  (19:33) - Spacetime
  (43:57) - Reductionism
  (1:04:23) - Evolutionary game theory
  (1:32:46) - Consciousness
  (2:28:06) - Visualizing reality
  (2:43:23) - Ephemerality of life
  (2:51:48) - Simulation theory
  (2:57:30) - Difficult ideas
  (3:12:32) - Love
  (3:16:07) - Advice for young people
  (3:18:26) - Meaning of life

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