Darwin’s idea of natural selection entails the FBT Theorem, which in turn entails that the lexicon of our perceptions—including space, time, shape, hue, saturation, brightness, texture, taste, sound, smell, and motion—cannot describe reality as it is when no one looks. It’s not simply that this or that perception is wrong. It’s that none of our perceptions, being couched in this language, could possibly be right. The FBT Theorem runs counter to strong intuitions of experts and laymen alike. Dennett was right—Darwin’s idea is a “universal acid: it eats through just about every traditional
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