Comment by pranaysy
5 hours ago
>... Humans are not running elaborate plots, our brain is just minimizing free energy and avoiding prediction errors in the present moment.
It is crucial to recognize that this is still one interpretation under a theory constrained by a certain framework, and not an absolutely solved and settled mechanism as indicated by the choice of words.
Agreed. It is itself a predictive model. But it works far, far, better than anything prior.