The case against reality : why evolution hid the truth from our eyes
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]., , ©2019.
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xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]., , ©2019.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-235) and index.
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PW 05/27/2019
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Kirkus 06/15/2019
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"Challenging leading scientific theories that claim that our senses report back objective reality, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that while we should take our perceptions seriously, we should not take them literally. How can it be possible that the world we see is not objective reality? And how can our senses be useful if they are not communicating the truth? Hoffman grapples with these questions and more over the course of this eye-opening work. Ever since Homo sapiens has walked the earth, natural selection has favored perception that hides the truth and guides us toward useful action, shaping our senses to keep us alive and reproducing. We observe a speeding car and do not walk in front of it; we see mold growing on bread and do not eat it. These impressions, though, are not objective reality. Just like a file icon on a desktop screen is a useful symbol rather than a genuine representation of what a computer file looks like, the objects we see every day are merely icons, allowing us to navigate the world safely and with ease. The real-world implications for this discovery are huge. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more attractive body shape to studying how companies use color to elicit specific emotions in consumers, and even dismantling the very notion that spacetime is objective reality, The Case Against Reality dares us to question everything we thought we knew about the world we see." --book jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hoffman, D. D. (2019). The case against reality: why evolution hid the truth from our eyes (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Donald D.. 2019. The Case against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Donald D.. The Case against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hoffman, Donald D.. The Case against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth From Our Eyes First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2019.
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