Scientist Donald Hoffman says "Consciousness creates our brains,...
Vicky Verma@Unexplained2020
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Feb 17, 2025
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Scientist Donald Hoffman says "Consciousness creates our brains, not our brains creating consciousness"
Dr. Hoffman reveals that consciousness does not come from our cells or the "physical" world. It is not a result of the chemistry in our brains or even the neurons.
He has used evolutionary game theory to demonstrate that we have evolved not to see the world as it is, but instead, we have a 'projection' of the world based on what we need from it, evolutionarily. Essentially, our brain constructs only the things that benefit us for survival. We only perceive the basics; our bodies don't have the ability to detect things that don't increase our chances of survival. Therefore, our scientific theories are based on only what we can see, hear, or detect. We have created models for our brains' projections of the universe, not the universe itself. Science is stuck thinking in terms of space and time, rather than the bigger picture.
Consciousness, in his theory, isn't created physically. It's something else that we can't see. Perhaps it's dark matter, perhaps something else entirely, but consciousness is based on the "conscious network"; basically, our brains act as interfaces for this. Consciousness comes to us, and when we die, it remains in the conscious network potentially.
Watch this entire podcast and you will not regret it: youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQY…
@donalddhoffman is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Research: Visual perception, evolutionary psychology, consciousness, AI.
Dr. Hoffman reveals that consciousness does not come from our cells or the "physical" world. It is not a result of the chemistry in our brains or even the neurons.
He has used evolutionary game theory to demonstrate that we have evolved not to see the world as it is, but instead, we have a 'projection' of the world based on what we need from it, evolutionarily. Essentially, our brain constructs only the things that benefit us for survival. We only perceive the basics; our bodies don't have the ability to detect things that don't increase our chances of survival. Therefore, our scientific theories are based on only what we can see, hear, or detect. We have created models for our brains' projections of the universe, not the universe itself. Science is stuck thinking in terms of space and time, rather than the bigger picture.
Consciousness, in his theory, isn't created physically. It's something else that we can't see. Perhaps it's dark matter, perhaps something else entirely, but consciousness is based on the "conscious network"; basically, our brains act as interfaces for this. Consciousness comes to us, and when we die, it remains in the conscious network potentially.
Watch this entire podcast and you will not regret it: youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQY…
@donalddhoffman is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Research: Visual perception, evolutionary psychology, consciousness, AI.
