![]() ![]() ![]() “there is no objective material reality conscious agents are at the basis of everything, and they create the perception of an objective reality.” If no one is looking, does it still exist? Our intuition says yes, but Hoffman says no. One example he uses to illustrate his idea is that of seeing a spoon. Instead, what he calls conscious agents are at the basis of everything, and they create the perception of an objective reality, something he calls “conscious realism”.īut before reaching this speculative conclusion, you have to wade through a long and sometimes confusing buildup. What Hoffman builds towards over the course of ten chapters is, in short, the following idea: there is no objective material reality, and certainly not one creating consciousness. But that is not what Hoffman means, he takes his idea much further than that. ![]() By now, we understand that the colours human eyes can perceive are only a sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum, with many animals observing other parts of that spectrum, and we know that many animals can hear and communicate in infra- and ultrasound. Now, on the face of it, this idea is not that far-fetched for biologists. ![]() Namely, the belief that we see reality as it is. our inability to explain it, Hoffman wonders whether our efforts are hindered by a false belief. Starting with the hard problem of consciousness, i.e. Hoffman, published in Europe by Allen Lane in August 2019 (hardback, 272 pages) The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes, written by Donald D. ![]()
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