? Support TED and join the community on Patreon Cognitive scientist and author of The Case Against Reality, Dr. Donald Hoffman returns to the mind meld! *Video version here* * Support our sponsor, Qualia Mind! - Try the best brain fuel on earth. Use code THIRDEYEDROPS to save an extra 15% at checkout at neurohacker.com/THIRDEYEDROPS * Don is a professor of cognitive science at UC Irvine who is proposing something radical yet fully backed by scientific rigor —  First, you perceive zero percent of reality. You live in an evolutionarily convenient illusion akin to a computer desktop interface. Second, what’s truly real underneath that illusion (and all of our scientific models) is a realm of consciousness populated by what Don calls “conscious agents.” So, despite how the world appears, no matter what happens at the large hadron colder or what we find peering through the James Webb telescope; what all of it is, at bottom, is consciousness expressing itself. Links For Don:  Don's book, The Case Against Reality: Fusions of Consciousness Paper  Don's TED Talk Support Third Eye Drops: ? Support TED and join the community on Patreon ? Sub on Youtube ? Sub and Review on Apple Podcasts  ? Sub and Review on Spotify ? Website