Is Reality Really Real? With Donald Hoffman

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4.6 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Did evolution never give us the ability to see reality as it actually is? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman to explore what neuroscience, evolutionary game theory, and consciousness suggest about the nature of reality itself.

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0:00.0	Coming up on StarTalk Special Edition, is reality real?
0:05.0	Do you want it to be?
0:07.0	I'm going to say no, because then I do not owe anything to Visa.
0:11.0	Coming up, what neuroscience says about the nature of reality, StarTalk, Special Edition.
0:19.0	Welcome to StarTalk, Special Edition.
0:23.1	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:28.2	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:32.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:36.7	This is StarTalk Special Edition.
0:42.0	Today, we're going to be exploring the nature of reality.
0:43.2	Oh, really?
0:45.9	Really?
0:46.7	Reality.
0:48.4	We got Gary O'Reilly.
0:52.8	Gary, right to my right, former soccer pro, announcer, and my co-host.
0:55.5	And we got actor-comedian.
0:57.0	Chuck Nice.
0:57.5	Yes.
0:58.1	How you doing, man?
0:59.1	Oh, the Lord of Nice.
1:00.2	The Lord of Nice.
1:01.7	Wow, I've never, well, okay.
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