It's a dishonest obfuscation. Of course you are constructing a model of
reality. So what? Because the model building mechanism was evolved and
can be fooled doesn't mean it's not a model OF reality. When he looks
at a tomato and thinks, "That's a tomato." it's a true thought, unlike
say, "That's a watermelon." So before going off into Deepak Chopra
land, Hoffman needs to explain that.
Brent
On 9/26/2017 4:49 PM, David Nyman wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYp5XuGYqqY
I've encountered Hoffman's ideas before. What he has to say may strike
you as somewhat obvious in the context of this list, but it's quite
well articulated and his metaphors and analogies are quite memorable.
Towards the end he says "Perhaps reality is some vast, interacting
network of conscious agents, simple and complex, that cause each
other's conscious experiences. Actually this isn't as crazy an idea as
it seems and I'm currently exploring it."
First-person plural, anyone? Sounds like he could make some
interesting contributions here.
David
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