From Amanda Gefter at Quanta: The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality
It’s an interview with cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman on the basic theme
“Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don’t need to know. And that’s pretty much all of reality, whatever reality might be.” More.
If Hoffman is correct, evolution makes science hopeless. Some people have said that for years, but we didn’t think they’d be getting their evidence from Darwin’s crowd itself.
See also: Neuroscience tried wholly embracing naturalism, but then the brain got away
and
Would we give up naturalism to solve the hard problem of consciousness?
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