Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TED
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Donald Hoffman uses a desktop icon to separate usefulness for action from resemblance to underlying structure. He draws on evolutionary simulations to argue for perception tuned to fitness.
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so fitness does depend on reality as it is, yes, but also on the organism, its state and its action.Anyone who thought that misinterprets the purpose of the interface. It's not there to show you the reality of the computer. In fact, it's there to hide that reality.