Is Reality Really Real? With Donald Hoffman

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Jun 26, 202601:14:03Religion & Spirituality

Did evolution never give us the ability to see reality as it actually is? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman to explore what neuroscience, evolu...

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