It reads like a classic case of a researcher going way outside his domain of expertise. He appears by all accounts to be a well respected cognitive scientist,

It reads like a classic case of a researcher going way outside his domain of expertise. He appears by all accounts to be a well respected cognitive scientist, and I'm more than willing to accept (tentatively) his thesis that evolution doesn't optimise for an accurate understanding of reality, but the stuff about QM demonstrates an understanding on par with someone who's flipped through a high school textbook.