Donald Hoffman

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2,139 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard 26 Jun

Donald Hoffman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Toggling those bits in the computer the right way because that's what's really going on.

But good luck.

The person who doesn't see that reality of the computer and just sees a little fake steering wheel and the fake cars is going to beat you.

And so here's a case where knowing the truth isn't going to actually help you win in the game.

It's going to actually slow you down.

So the idea is, yeah, Darwin was right.

It's survival of the fitness.

Evolution is shaping you to have the most fit sensory systems.

And those sensory systems are designed to hide the truth.

and to just give you a user interface that lets you play the game of life.

So you're playing the game of life with a headset.

Now, I don't want to say that Darwin is the final word, right?

I'm not saying that at all.

It's the best we've got right now, and so that's why I'm talking about it.

And it's a wonderful theory.

I use it, and it's powerful.

I hope that we'll transcend it very, very soon.

But right now, Darwin's theory says this is just a game, and it's a headset designed to help you play the game well.

Yes, you are effectively, whatever you are, you are not a physical body in space and time.

That is not who you are.

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