Proof That Reality Is An ILLUSION: The Mystery Beyond Space-Time - Donald Hoffman | Know Thyself E63
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Published 2023-09-12
He delves into topics such as the illusion of free will, the role of love in metaphysics, and the possibility of reincarnation. Prepare to have your mind expanded as we contemplate the nature of reality itself and how this paradigm-shifting understanding will change everything.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
2:30 The Question of Consciousness & Evolution
9:56 Is What We See Real?
12:47 Implications of Proving Local Realism is False
16:55 Are Inanimate Objects Conscious?
24:53 What Makes Something Conscious?
29:06 We’re looking at the problem wrong
40:34 How evolution hid the truth from us
47:22 Conscious Agents: what’s outside of space time?
54:00 Are We in a Simulation?
1:00:40 Seeing the Oneness in All
1:02:38 Concepts of Karma and Reincarnation
1:07:00 Implications on how we act in the world
1:12:02 Self Compassion
1:13:35 Death & Facing the idea of impermanence
1:17:14 Does reincarnation exist?
1:22:41 Meditation & Spiritual Practices
1:30:30 The role that love plays in metaphysics
1:31:54 Free will & The illusion of choice
1:41:40 How Relationships Serve Purpose on the evolution of consciousness
1:45:23 AI & technology assisting the collective awakening
1:53:52 What it takes to prove this theory
1:58:30 This will change everything
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Donald David Hoffman is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science.
Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments. His research subjects include facial attractiveness, the recognition of shape, the perception of motion and color, the evolution of perception, and the mind–body problem.
He has co-authored two technical books; Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception (1989) offers a theory of consciousness and its relationship to physics; Automotive Lighting and Human Vision (2005) applies vision science to vehicle lighting. His book Visual Intelligence: How We Create What We See (1998) presents the modern science of visual perception to a broad audience. His 2015 TED Talk, "Do we see reality as it is?" argues that our perceptions have evolved to hide reality from us.
Book: www.amazon.com/The-Case-Against-Reality/dp/0141983…
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All Comments (21)
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Knowing we are living in an illusion is the first step to letting go of what you think you know. Letting go of all the meaning we have given everything. Suddenly there is an opportunity to actually create the life I truly want. 🥰
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When returning back to my body in May/08/2008 from a 3min NDE the Self told me: "This is All just a dream, Hell does not exist, space & time do not exist, you don´t need to marry or make children. This is All but just a dream." Since then my Healing abilities got activated and I teach Meditation of Stillness as a hobby and helped hundreds of people in their spirituality. Awaken Siblings, Awaken! <3
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THIS. This right here is the topic I’ve been constantly talking about, especially this year. The world is not real. We live in a collective dream. And we’re waking up.
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I have always had deep appreciation and respect for Andre. His ability to stay ahead of, guide and expand the interview is ... outside space/time.
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Last few years Ive felt intuitively there is a singular conciousness and that we are all the fractured perspectives of a singular conciousness experiencing itself through infinite perspectives. Im a high school drop out (who has self educated since) and its so cool to hear someone with a formal education say the same ideas Ive had.... And for interviewer "You are not a drop in the ocean, but the entire ocean in a drop."
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Having had an NDE, this is what I learned about earth..... "All the world is a stage and we are mearly characters in the play". We are so much more, we are the director and producer too. We chose our roles and lives as souls and agreed to all the caste members in our play. When we walk off the stage we don't mourn the character we just played. What we take with us is the Virtues learned. ❤
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This was BY FAR the best interview i have watched with Donald Hoffmann - The host here let him speak out all exciting talking points that he had, instead of trying to compete in rambling in scientific terms, which i have seen too often.
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This is very complex to understand. Very similar to what Buddha taught 2600 years ago - "Form is emptiness and emptiness is form", Great interview!
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Brilliant, I love how Donald Hoffman doesn't pretend he figured it all out and still is humble and down to earth.
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No one that I have ever listened to knows or can explain consciousness more intelligently than Donald Hoffman. Met him or started listening to him in 2015. What a teacher
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If we are living in an illusion or not, what difference does it make. It is not an illusion to us, who are feeling the pain of existence, it is a reality to us
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I had an STE in February 2017 & on return to my body there was no gravity, time or finite space ✨ I had no memory of where I’d been except out of my normal waking reality, but I knew no one feels this blissful on earth & 🌎 I knew there’s truly no problem at all here, so I ran outside into the snow to tell the whole world that all is well ❤️
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1:01:11 - "You and I are the same" "It's the one, in an avatar, talking to the one in another avatar" I've had this idea for a very long time and still feel it to be true. If I was God (whoever that is), and I wanted to keep myself company.... this would be the way to do it (our reality). The Golden Rule is really talking about treating yourself kindly.
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It's great to see Hoffman looking so healthy, again. I was worried about him, there, for a while. He's definitely back in good shape again. Go Donald!
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If a man stands on a railroad track with his back to a fast-approaching locomotive and doesn't observe it coming, does the train still squash him into oblivion like a bug on a windshield?
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This is fantastic. I am so glad Andre allows Donald to actually speak and explain fully at his own pace. I've seen other interviews where he is constantly interrupted. Also, the masters have solved it mathematically. It is listed at the end of Yogananda's book the length of a cosmic year, length of a cycle, etc.
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I have seen Donald Hoffman on other podcasts, but this has been the best and clearest so far. Great conversation
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Since I was young around 13ish and so forth I have always been on a quest to try and figure out the true nature of reality. Religion didn't really hold any answers and was more of a bump in the road. Then came physics which opened my eyes more to THIS reality. Then reading and listening to all these other philosophers and physicists. And here I am listening to Donald Hoffman describe exactly the same conclusions I have spent all these years (15ish years) researching.
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Had to watch in 4 sittings. So powerfully mind-blowing! 🤯Thank you, Andre, for sharing this conversation with us. Greatly appreciated! 🙏
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Damn, this has to be one of the best videos I have watched on YouTube since the platform came online. Congratulations to you both. Peace.
