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The Case Against Reality

Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

by Donald Hoffman ...

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?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. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how ... Read more

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Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?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. From examining why fashion designers create clothes that give the illusion of a more “attractive” body shape to studying how
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Case Against Reality, The

Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

by Donald Hoffman ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?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 ... Read more

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Can we trust our senses to tell us the truth?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
... Read more

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CRACK HIS CODE

The 6 Keys to a Man's Affections

by Donald M. Hoffman ...

CRACK HIS CODE : The 6 Keys to a Man's AffectionsHow to Get Inside a Man's HeartIn the maze of feelings and wants that is a man's heart, women have been confused and interested for hundreds of years. It's a puzzle, a hard code that needs to be figured out. This is "Crack His Code: The 6 Keys to a Man's Affections," a book that makes the quest to understand men more than just a goal. It's an ... Read more

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CRACK HIS CODE : The 6 Keys to a Man's AffectionsHow to Get Inside a Man's HeartIn the maze of feelings and wants that is a man's heart, women have been confused and interested for hundreds of years. It's a puzzle, a hard code that needs to be figured out. This is "Crack His Code: The 6 Keys to a Man's Affections," a book that makes the quest to understand men more than just a goal. It's an
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Observer Mechanics

A Formal Theory of Perception

by Bruce M. Bennett, Donald D. Hoffman, Chetan Prakash ...

Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of perception. This book provides an approach to the study of perception that attempts to be both general and rigorous. Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the structure of perceptual capacity. This text then presents the relationship between observers and Turing ... Read more

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Observer Mechanics: A Formal Theory of Perception provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of perception. This book provides an approach to the study of perception that attempts to be both general and rigorous. Organized into 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the structure of perceptual capacity. This text then presents the relationship between observers and Turing
... Read more
King Arthur in Popular Culture

Edited by Elizabeth S. Sklar, Donald L. Hoffman ...

The legend of King Arthur is embedded in British and American culture. Contemporary America, in particular, is a rich breeding ground for the Arthurian mythos, not only in films, novels, short stories, and fantasy and science fiction, but in other areas of popular and mass culture as well.This work is a collection of 18 previously unpublished essays that demonstrate the impressive extent to which ... Read more

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The legend of King Arthur is embedded in British and American culture. Contemporary America, in particular, is a rich breeding ground for the Arthurian mythos, not only in films, novels, short stories, and fantasy and science fiction, but in other areas of popular and mass culture as well.This work is a collection of 18 previously unpublished essays that demonstrate the impressive extent to which
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Geometric Representations of Perceptual Phenomena

Papers in Honor of Tarow indow on His 70th Birthday

Edited by R. Duncan Luce, Donald D. Hoffman, Michael D'Zmura, Geoffrey Iverson, A. Kimball Romney ...

Based on a conference held in honor of Professor Tarow Indow, this volume is organized into three major topics concerning the use of geometry in perception:* space -- referring to attempts to represent the subjective space within which we locate ourselves and perceive objects to reside;* color -- dealing with attempts to represent the structure of color percepts as revealed by various experimental ... Read more

$101.68 CAD

Based on a conference held in honor of Professor Tarow Indow, this volume is organized into three major topics concerning the use of geometry in perception:* space -- referring to attempts to represent the subjective space within which we locate ourselves and perceive objects to reside;* color -- dealing with attempts to represent the structure of color percepts as revealed by various experimental
... Read more
1650-1850

Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era (Volume 30)

by Flavio Gregori, Steven Minuk, Andie Barrow, Pamela F. Phillips, Ross W. Beales, Jr., Yvonne Fuentes, Melanie Hayes, Stephanie Koscak, Corey Risinger, Susan Spencer, Lynn Festa, Youenhee Kho, Duane Coltharp, Christopher D. Johnson, Courtney A. Hoffman, Ashley Bender, Donald W. Nichol, Christopher Vilmar, Michael J. Mulryan, Victoria Barnett-Woods, Anthony W Lee ...

Series series 1650-1850
Exploratory, investigative, and energetically analytical, 1650–1850 covers the full expanse of long-eighteenth-century thought, writing, and art while delivering abundant revelatory detail. Essays on well-known cultural figures combine with studies of emerging topics to unveil a vivid rendering of a dynamic period, simultaneously committed to singular genius and universal improvement.The ... Read more

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Exploratory, investigative, and energetically analytical, 1650–1850 covers the full expanse of long-eighteenth-century thought, writing, and art while delivering abundant revelatory detail. Essays on well-known cultural figures combine with studies of emerging topics to unveil a vivid rendering of a dynamic period, simultaneously committed to singular genius and universal improvement.The
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The Feeling of Life Itself

Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed

by Christof Koch ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

7 hours 34 min

Psychologists study which cognitive operations underpin a given conscious perception. Neuroscientists track the neural correlates of consciousness in the brain, the organ of the mind. But why the brain and not, say, the liver? How can the brain, three pounds of highly excitable matter, a piece of furniture in the universe, subject to the same laws of physics as any other piece, give rise to ... Read more

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Psychologists study which cognitive operations underpin a given conscious perception. Neuroscientists track the neural correlates of consciousness in the brain, the organ of the mind. But why the brain and not, say, the liver? How can the brain, three pounds of highly excitable matter, a piece of furniture in the universe, subject to the same laws of physics as any other piece, give rise to
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The Feeling of Life Itself

Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed

by Christof Koch ...

A thought-provoking argument that consciousness—more widespread than previously assumed—is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hackIn The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch offers a straightforward definition of consciousness as any subjective experience, from the most mundane to the most exalted—the feeling of being alive. Psychologists study which cognitive ... Read more

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A thought-provoking argument that consciousness—more widespread than previously assumed—is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hackIn The Feeling of Life Itself, Christof Koch offers a straightforward definition of consciousness as any subjective experience, from the most mundane to the most exalted—the feeling of being alive. Psychologists study which cognitive
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OPERATION TROJAN HORSE

The Classic Breakthrough Study of UFOs

by John A. Keel ...

OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES...“The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where ... Read more

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OUR SKIES ARE FILLED WITH TROJAN HORSES...“The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where
... Read more
Instinct

Rewire Your Brain with Science-Backed Solutions to Increase Productivity and Achieve Success

by Rebecca Heiss ...

A revolutionary approach to unlocking****your innate ability to achieve success in business and in life.Why do we constantly feel overwhelmed by stress, dissatisfied in our careers and relationships, and lacking in real purpose? Why do we seem to sabotage ourselves, hampering our productivity and success? The answer lies in our instincts . . .In every area of life, from business to relationships ... Read more

$19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A revolutionary approach to unlocking****your innate ability to achieve success in business and in life.Why do we constantly feel overwhelmed by stress, dissatisfied in our careers and relationships, and lacking in real purpose? Why do we seem to sabotage ourselves, hampering our productivity and success? The answer lies in our instincts . . .In every area of life, from business to relationships
... Read more
The Simulated Multiverse

An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, the Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

by Rizwan Virk ...

Series Book 2 - The Simulation Hypothesis
Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us,
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