Dinosaurs did not exist in space-time as objects independent of observation; there is a deeper reality underlying dinosaur bones and fossils, but the spacetime presentation of 'dinosaurs from 65 million years ago' is a subjective reality of observers, like the green Porsche everyone agrees on in a shared video game.

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Speaker

Donald Hoffman

Evidence Quote

yes there there is some reality but it's not as is not in space and time... we will find dinosaur bones and we will date them with 65 million years and and that's our virtual reality um perception of it

Source

Conscious Agents vs Cognitive Agents with Donald Hoffman and Michael LevinPhilosophy Babble
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:40:26 PM

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