Do we see reality as it is?

Name: Do we see reality as it is?
Uploaded: 2015-06-11T15:37:45Z
Duration: 21 min 40 s
Description: Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.

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Donald Hoffman |

TED2015

• March 2015

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.