On 8/17/2022 8:29 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
And since you, like me, are a strong believer in Darwinism, we don't even have to go into the metaphysical. You might also want to consider that there is no reason for evolution to provide us with direct access to reality. It might also be the case that some illusion is a better adaptation. Donald Hoffman goes as far as claiming that the most likely situation is that we evolved to perceive such an illusion. Are you familiar with his ideas?
The "illusion" must have some relation to reality in order to provide better adaptation. But in that case why call it "illusion"? Is it an illusion that we don't perceive RF or gamma rays? Are dogs hallucinating when they smell things we don't?
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