The Case Against Reality

"The Case Against Reality" is the cognitive scientist Donald D. Hoffman’s mind-blowing book about how the evolution hid the truth from our eyes.

 

Do we experience the real world? No. That is the clear answer from the pioneering cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman. Instead we see what we need to see in order to survive. Our interfaces are shaped by natural selection and our evolution has formed our complex realities to simplistic illusions, so we can navigate in the world surrounding us. But the illusions can now be manipulated by design and advertising...

 

"The Case Against Reality" was shortlisted for the physics world book of the year in 2019.