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Perception is optimized for survival, not truth. Desktop metaphor (Hoffman): our sensory interface is useful but not 'real.' Tiger = 'danger' is survival-optimal. Tiger = 'quantum superposition of states' is truth-optimal. Evolution selected for the first. Implication: ALL our models (including physics, including CCT itself) are interfaces optimized for prediction, not ontological accuracy. Usefulness > Truthfulness.

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NOT 'nothing is real.' Interface IS real — just not the ONLY reality. NOT 'science is useless.' Science optimizes predictive accuracy = most useful interface available. NOT solipsism. External reality exists. Our access to it is filtered.