Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Cognitive scientist Donald D. Hoffman explains his perception of physical objects and why "local realism" and "noncontextual realism" are empirically false.

This is an excerpt from “Reality Is Not As It Seems“ recorded on February 7, 2019 at The New York Academy of Sciences. For the video of the complete discussion, see:youtu.be/3MvGGjcTEpQ