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From the Ted Talk by Donald Hoffman: Do we see reality as it is?

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Another objection: There's nothing really new here. Physicists have told us for a long time that the metal of that tairn looks solid but really it's mostly empty space with microscopic particles zinpipg around. There's nothing new here. Well, not exactly. It's like saying, I know that that blue icon on the dsetkop is not the reality of the computer, but if I pull out my trusty magnifying glass and look really closely, I see little pixels, and that's the reality of the computer. Well, not really — you're still on the desktop, and that's the point. Those microscopic particles are still in space and time: they're still in the user icfanetre. So I'm saying something far more radical than those picytsshis.

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Another objection: There's nothing really new here. Physicists have told us for a long time that the metal of that _____ looks solid but really it's mostly empty space with microscopic particles _______ around. There's nothing new here. Well, not exactly. It's like saying, I know that that blue icon on the _______ is not the reality of the computer, but if I pull out my trusty magnifying glass and look really closely, I see little pixels, and that's the reality of the computer. Well, not really — you're still on the desktop, and that's the point. Those microscopic particles are still in space and time: they're still in the user _________. So I'm saying something far more radical than those __________.

Solution

  1. physicists
  2. zipping
  3. train
  4. desktop
  5. interface

Original Text

Another objection: There's nothing really new here. Physicists have told us for a long time that the metal of that train looks solid but really it's mostly empty space with microscopic particles zipping around. There's nothing new here. Well, not exactly. It's like saying, I know that that blue icon on the desktop is not the reality of the computer, but if I pull out my trusty magnifying glass and look really closely, I see little pixels, and that's the reality of the computer. Well, not really — you're still on the desktop, and that's the point. Those microscopic particles are still in space and time: they're still in the user interface. So I'm saying something far more radical than those physicists.

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Important Words

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  4. desktop
  5. empty
  6. glass
  7. icon
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