Came to this fascinating talk via Mark Solms book “Hidden Spring”. As a neuroscientist, I understand the basic concepts, but would re-name the components “hidden” as “external reality”, “blanket” as “interface” = “sensory” and “motor”, and “internal” = self / homeostat. What strikes me is how closely this parallels “theories” by e.g. Hoffman, Kastrup, and various religious proponents proclaiming “external reality” doesn’t really exist, it is all a product of “universal consciousness” - e.g. our brain = a dashboard of some reality we cannot begin to fathom. For me, reality is the the pain you feel when you punch a wall with your fist - there is a real world out there! But our brain (interface) translates that into complex feelings and sensations and drives, and we cannot “grasp” external reality directly. We all live inside this bubble, this Markov blanket, rationalizing what could “really” be out there. But we’ll never really “know”.
Came to this fascinating talk via Mark Solms book “Hidden Spring”. As a neuroscientist, I understand the basic concepts, but would re-name the components “hidden” as “external reality”, “blanket” as “interface” = “sensory” and “motor”, and “internal” = self / homeostat. What strikes me is how closely this parallels “theories” by e.g. Hoffman, Kastrup, and various religious proponents proclaiming “external reality” doesn’t really exist, it is all a product of “universal consciousness” - e.g. our brain = a dashboard of some reality we cannot begin to fathom. For me, reality is the the pain you feel when you punch a wall with your fist - there is a real world out there! But our brain (interface) translates that into complex feelings and sensations and drives, and we cannot “grasp” external reality directly. We all live inside this bubble, this Markov blanket, rationalizing what could “really” be out there. But we’ll never really “know”.
excellent talk