The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Donald Hoffman

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What is the hard problem of consciousness?

Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman describes what exactly the hard problem of consciousness is and why it remains a problem today.

Donald Hoffman: Donald Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist at the University of California, Irvine. His forthcoming book, 'The Case Against Reality', argues that perception doesn’t present things as they are but instead acts like a desktop interface enabling us to interact with the world.

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