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Why I’m not into the Free Energy Principle — LessWrong

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0. But first, some things I do like, that are appropriately emphasized in the FEP-adjacent literature * I like the idea that in humans, the cortex (…

x Why I’m not into the Free Energy Principle — LessWrong Free Energy Principle Neuroscience World Modeling Frontpage 171 Why I’m not into the Free Energy Principle by Steven Byrnes 2nd Mar 2023 12 min read 55 171 Last revised: June 2026. See changelog at the bottom. 0. But first, some things I do like, that are appropriately emphasized in the FEP-adjacent literature I like the idea that in humans, the cortex (and the cortex specifically , in conjunction with the thalamus, but definitely not the whole brain IMO) has a generative model that’s making explicit predictions about upcoming sensory in

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