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title: Do we see reality as it is? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/do-we-see-reality-as-it-is/
date: 2015-06-15
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# Do we see reality as it is?

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is … or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.