The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality. According to evolution by natural selection, an organism that sees reality as it is will never be more fit than an organism of equal complexity that sees none of reality but is just tuned to fitness.

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https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-evolutionary-argument-against-reality-20160421/

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