Book · recommended on 3 episodes
The Case Against Reality
Donald Hoffman ISBN 1799709302
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Donald Hoffman ISBN 1799709302
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This book by Donald Hoffman has come up 3 times across 3 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Henry Shukman, Lex Fridman, Steven Bartlett. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-01-04 and the most recent from 2025-07-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“And I highly recommend everybody goes and checks out your book if you want to dive deeper into these subjects. It's called the case against reality.”— Steven Bartlett
The guest here is Donald Hoffman: Cognitive scientist and professor known for the theory that human perception evolved to hide objective reality rather than reveal it. Author of 'The Case Against Reality' and developer of conscious agent network theory. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues spacetime is a 'headset' and that true reality, hidden by evolution, lies entirely beyond what we perceive.
“he's the author of over 120 scientific papers on these topics and his most recent book titled the case against reality why Evolution hid the truth from our eyes”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Donald Hoffman: Professor of cognitive sciences at UC Irvine researching evolutionary psychology, visual perception, and consciousness. Author of 'The Case Against Reality' and over 120 scientific papers. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues evolution shaped us to see a survival-optimized interface, not reality, and that consciousness is fundamental.
“i just recently read his book the case against reality which is a sort of detailed dive it's not too long it's very readable he writes well”— Henry Shukman
The guest here is Henry Shukman: An appointed teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center, who teaches mindfulness and awakening practices. He is also an award-winning poet and author of the Zen memoir 'One Blade of Grass.'. Zen master Henry Shukman guides Tim Ferriss through a 20-minute somatic calming practice, then unpacks koans, kensho awakening, and how Zen training is verified.
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