Donald Hoffman (2019) argues that natural selection doesn’t favor accurate representations of reality; it favors perceptions that lead to survival-enhancing behavior.

Donald Hoffman (2019) argues that natural selection doesn’t favor accurate representations of reality; it favors perceptions that lead to survival-enhancing behavior.

Donald Hoffman (2019) argues that natural selection doesn’t favor accurate representations of reality; it favors perceptions that lead to survival-enhancing behavior.

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In his book, The Case Against Reality, Donald Hoffman used evolutionary theory to argue that we don’t see reality as it truly is. Perception evolved to construct useful fictions, not to access truth.