Consciousness' Relationship to Evolution | Robert Lawrence Kuhn Grills Donald Hoffman
271Is evolution a consequence or a driver of consciousness? Donald Hoffman and Robert Lawrence Khun lock horns.
This excerpt is from "The dawn of consciousness" featuring Donald Hoffman, Iain McGilchrist, Eva Jablonka and Michelle Montague. Robert Lawrence Kuhn hosts.
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Donald Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist working at the University of California, Irvine. He is making waves with a new theory suggesting that, instead of presenting reality as it "really is", our perception is like a desktop interface enabling us to use reality effectively.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator, writer, host and executive producer of 'Closer To Truth', TV series and web resources (co-created/producer/directed by Peter Getzels). Kuhn has written or edited over 30 books, including (with John Leslie) 'The Mystery of Existence: Why is there Anything At All?' and 'Closer to Truth: Challenging Current Belief'.
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