Donald Hoffman: Do we see reality as it is? http://go.ted.com/bE8z
that reality is not a red tomato and is nothing like a red tomato.” This statement is too strong. To flatly say “reality is not a red tomato” is not supported.
To say a tomato is not really a tomato but some other reality (like a collection of atoms that collectively have all the properties of a tomato) is semantics.