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My Take
Hoffman is one of those thinkers I could listen to for hours. A cognitive scientist studying consciousness, perception, and evolution through mathematics and psychophysics, he dares to argue that the reality we perceive may not be the truth at all, a genuinely vertiginous idea delivered with a straight face. I respect that he also writes for general audiences rather than hiding inside academia; opening difficult ideas to the public takes both clarity and courage. His Capricorn-like persistence in chasing questions almost no one else asks is exactly the intellectual adventurousness I value most. A real explorer of the mind.
Overview
Donald David Hoffman (born December 29, 1955) is an American cognitive psychologist and popular science author. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Hoffman studies consciousness, visual perception, and evolutionary psychology using mathematical models and psychophysical experiments.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Donald Hoffman
- Name (Japanese)
- ドナルド・ホフマン
- Reading
- どなるど・ほふまん
- Born
- December 29, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- cognitive scientist / popular science author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Troland Research Awards
- 1989 APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.