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		x86cherry 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What If We Had Bigger Brains? Imagining Minds Beyo... It's the Bayesian Brain Hypothesis and Predictive Coding, both thoroughly researched theories that line up with empirical evidence. [1] [1] https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/abstract/S0166-223...

suddenlybananas 6 months ago [–]

It's a popular view but it's massively controversial and far from being a consensus view. See here for a good overview of some of the problems with it.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22545686/

(You should be able to find the PDF easily on scihub or something)

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