Re:Karl Friston: a neuroscientist who might hold the key to ...
by Tenoke on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @08:50AM
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The title is definitely clickbait-ey but the article reads like a fairly honest (maybe too positive) profile of Friston.
For what is worth, I agree that FIM not being formalised is a point against it, but I wouldn't say there's anything ad-hoc about how it applies when fitting it to e.g. schizophrenia.
For what is worth, this quote sums up how I look at it[1]:
>Friston mentions many times that free energy is “almost tautological”, and one of the neuroscientists I talked to who claimed to half-understand it said it should be viewed more as an elegant way of looking at things than as a scientific theory per se.
For what is worth, I agree that FIM not being formalised is a point against it, but I wouldn't say there's anything ad-hoc about how it applies when fitting it to e.g. schizophrenia.
For what is worth, this quote sums up how I look at it[1]:
>Friston mentions many times that free energy is “almost tautological”, and one of the neuroscientists I talked to who claimed to half-understand it said it should be viewed more as an elegant way of looking at things than as a scientific theory per se.
1. http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/03/04/god-help-us-lets-try-to...