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    Erik Torenberg‏Verified account @eriktorenberg 9h9 hours ago
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    Conclusion from Don Hoffman's "Illusion of Reality": An organism that sees reality as it truly is, is never more fit than an organism of equal complexity that sees none of reality and is just attuned to fitness payoffs. In other words, seeing the truth will make you extinct.

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      2. Gabe Bassin‏ @gabebassin 9h9 hours ago
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        How is "reality as it truly is" defined here? To me, reality is purely subjective and things we view as "objective" are simply shared hallucinations.

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        The premise is less about defining objective reality but thinking of reality in the sense of more complete information. The argument is that being able to ‘summarize’ reality is more effective for survival than absorbing reality in all its fullness.

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      1. Oxy‏ @JEOxendine 9h9 hours ago
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        Aren’t the fitness payoffs rewards from understanding and focusing on the winnable aspects of reality?

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        Great quote. The only exception is when payoffs change in a way that make optimized organisms worse off. But I think there are degrees in "overfitting"

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        Seeing the truth just means seeing the truth. If you see it, you can still fit.

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        Solid tweet.

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      2. Adam Neumann’s Chief of Staff‏ @AdamNeumannsCoS 7h7 hours ago
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        One time I smoked an acid laced doobie while nearing blackout on a Thursday evening in NYC and had this realization while trying to navigate home by the vibe of the streets. Somewhere around prince st I caught a wisp of base reality and immediately regretted it. Never again

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        Took me days to claw my way back to Inter subjective reality. It’s super hard to spend 15 hours building a prioritization model when all you can think about is how this is all happening so a molecule (which is itself irrelevant) can replicate itself

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