reality as unintelligible chaos, Dr. Hoffman's dashboard, etc.
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 8:42 pm
This is in reference to the notion that the world is unintelligible and chaotic, or, somehow much different than what we 'think' we see.
Donald Hoffman, and also BK, refer to this as the evolutionary development of a 'dashboard' - it's a dashboard that allows us to make sense of the world, make predictions, etc. Rather than evolve to a true perception of the world, we evolve to a better dashboard that aids in survival.
Also the PoF folks (also Barfiled) claim there is this thinking that occurs, pre logic, that shapes our perception of the world.
I may not be describing this notion correctly - but you get the idea.
However, if I use the camera/video recorder on my phone, or any camera analog or digital - the image I get on the device is very much like what I see, hear, etc.
It is far more likely that the world is as we perceive it, then to assume the camera captures unintelligible chaos and we instananeously evolved a dashboard to interpret 2 dimensional images on an electronic device.
It's more logical to preceed that reality exists on multiple levels; sub atomic, atomic, molecular, macro objective, etc.; and we human beings can perceive reality on various levels.
(This is independent of whether one is an Idealist or Materialist.)
Donald Hoffman, and also BK, refer to this as the evolutionary development of a 'dashboard' - it's a dashboard that allows us to make sense of the world, make predictions, etc. Rather than evolve to a true perception of the world, we evolve to a better dashboard that aids in survival.
Also the PoF folks (also Barfiled) claim there is this thinking that occurs, pre logic, that shapes our perception of the world.
I may not be describing this notion correctly - but you get the idea.
However, if I use the camera/video recorder on my phone, or any camera analog or digital - the image I get on the device is very much like what I see, hear, etc.
It is far more likely that the world is as we perceive it, then to assume the camera captures unintelligible chaos and we instananeously evolved a dashboard to interpret 2 dimensional images on an electronic device.
It's more logical to preceed that reality exists on multiple levels; sub atomic, atomic, molecular, macro objective, etc.; and we human beings can perceive reality on various levels.
(This is independent of whether one is an Idealist or Materialist.)