Re:Karl Friston: a neuroscientist who might hold the key to ...
by platz on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @08:41AM
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Take for example this paragraph:
> “This is absolutely novel in history,” Ramstead told me as we sat on a bench in Queen Square, surrounded by patients and staff from the surrounding hospitals. Before Friston came along, “We were kind of condemned to forever wander in this multidisciplinary space without a common currency,” he continued. “The free energy principle gives you that currency.”
This is bloviation and crankery. I am not the target audience for this kind of reputation-building.
Re:Karl Friston: a neuroscientist who might hold the key to ...
by janimo on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:06AM
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I agree the style is annoying, using many such paragraphs to meet the required word count, but Friston's reputation is well established in scientific circles (although I first heard of him yesterday).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18487584
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18463384
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18457194
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18449205
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18446035
Does no one have something interesting to say or add?