Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active

Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by pyinstallwoes on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:22AM (#32396866)

Given that the universe is eventually inconsistent, your assertion that human observers are certainty maximizers is interesting as a polar force to eventual inconsistency.

Throw the idea of entropy into the mix and you have some interesting comparisons for fun.

1. Universe(Uncertainty Maximizer) || Humans(Certainty Maximizer)

2. Universe(Eventually Inconsistent) || Humans(Eventually Consistent)

3. Universe(Entropy) || Humans(Negentropy)

Seems like life contributes towards a certain required organization principle of the universe to balance out the chaos.

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by deltathreetwo on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:04AM (#32398110)

>Given that the universe is eventually inconsistent,

I don't think this has been observed to be true yet. At least not true within a framework of very specific theoretical rules. Otherwise all our science and logic is useless.

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by dekken_ on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:24AM (#32398421)

I think you're right. For all we know the universe is perfectly balanced and there is no heat death coming.

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Re:Our brain is a prediction machine that is always active by nightgarden on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:52AM (#32397106)

Humans are part of the universe, so isn't that a false dichotomy?

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