The Brexit clock is ticking. As David Allen Green correctly states, Brexit will automatically happen, unless “something exceptional” will prevent it. It is still possible to #StopBrexit, many routes are still open and public opinion is probably shifting, but exceptional…
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Inequality and progress, privilege and barnacles
I’ve recently been to Cape Town, for work. It is impossible for someone like me to visit South Africa without asking “What am I doing with my privileges?” (see previous post). The scale of abject poverty would be overwhelming in…
Tagged with: Darwin, Inequality, Privilege, Rebecca Stott
Posted in Evolution, Philosophy, Politics, Science
Posted in Evolution, Philosophy, Politics, Science
Naïve philosophaster: on method and privilege
In which I start counting my privileges and reflect on how I am trying to use them. … That’s correct, I did write “use [my privileges]”. This expression is questionable and relies on important implicit assumptions. In fact, one purpose…
Predictive Processing: the long road ahead.
In the previous posts in this series I’ve proposed an extreme synthesis of the Predictive Processing (PP) idea, as proposed by Andy Clark in “Surfing Uncertainty” – I concluded with a post that summarised why I think PP is the…
Tagged with: Andy Clark, Behaviour, Cognition, Free Energy Principle, Karl Friston, Predictive Brain, Predictive Coding, Surfing Uncertainty
Posted in Neuroscience, Philosophy
Posted in Neuroscience, Philosophy
Machine Learning, the usual Bat and deflationary epistemology
This is a quick, semi-serious follow-up to my first Twitter poll. In a rare moment of impulsivity, I’ve recently posted a deliberately awkward question on twitter. A few respondents did notice that something was amiss, an indeed, an explanation is…
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, Machine Learning, Phenomenal Experience, Twitter
Posted in Consciousness, Philosophy, Stupidity
Posted in Consciousness, Philosophy, Stupidity
Predictive Processing: one theory to rule them all…
After discussing some of the basic concepts behind the Predictive Processing (PP) framework, it’s time to explore why I think it was worth the effort. In short, the explanatory power that PP seems to have is, as far as I…
Tagged with: Andy Clark, Autism, Behaviour, Cognition, Interoception, Karl Friston, Predictive Brain, Predictive Coding, Rubber Hand Illusion, Schizophrenia, Surfing Uncertainty
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology
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