In the Information Age it’s a wonder how our brain’s processing power can attempt to keep up or remain stable with an unending bombardment of content and stimuli
Very interesting. I took care of a patient when I was in nursing school that told me that the coffee they brought her everyday was just dark or dyed water, not real coffee. I graduated and worked many years; yet now I have been declared “insane” with schizophrenia myself, and I still think of that woman who told me that when I assessed her during breakfast on clinicals that morning!!! Kind of amusing!
Regarding your question to Karl at 44:00 - what about schizotypy? isn't it considered a station on the way to schizophrenia - an intermediate state? the low latent inhibition seen in schizotypy seems to confer a certain degree of noticing that is not present in neurotypical people. given the much higher prevalence of schizotypal personality disorder, schizotypy seems to be deserving of similar attention.
I would guess (?) that bottom-up thinking is compatible more with deductive thinking, and top-down thinking is more compatible with inductive thinking. But my guess is more a question (also healthy thinking demands both). Moreover, my experience with statistics implies that inductive-loving Bayesians are opposed to deductive-loving frequentists, and timeseries analysis also shows in two "psychological" modes (the linear time domain and the whimsical frequency domain). These are more implied questions, obviously.
I’ve only dabbled in Karl Friston’s ideas so far, but I infer it to refer to the entropy within systems (biological systems, namely the brain in this case). I recall hearing Jordan Peterson’s conversation with Karl Friston (which is a podcast I highly recommend), and in that discussion they discussed the Free Energy Principle essentially is an organisms desire to reduce entropy and randomness in their environment, presumably to ensure survival. As the old saying goes “We fear what we do not know”.
In the Information Age it’s a wonder how our brain’s processing power can attempt to keep up or remain stable with an unending bombardment of content and stimuli
Wow 😯 one of the best Friston interviews
Very interesting. I took care of a patient when I was in nursing school that told me that the coffee they brought her everyday was just dark or dyed water, not real coffee. I graduated and worked many years; yet now I have been declared “insane” with schizophrenia myself, and I still think of that woman who told me that when I assessed her during breakfast on clinicals that morning!!! Kind of amusing!
Regarding your question to Karl at 44:00 - what about schizotypy? isn't it considered a station on the way to schizophrenia - an intermediate state? the low latent inhibition seen in schizotypy seems to confer a certain degree of noticing that is not present in neurotypical people. given the much higher prevalence of schizotypal personality disorder, schizotypy seems to be deserving of similar attention.
wow this needs more views
Amazing insights... Thanks for the talk.
I would guess (?) that bottom-up thinking is compatible more with deductive thinking, and top-down thinking is more compatible with inductive thinking. But my guess is more a question (also healthy thinking demands both). Moreover, my experience with statistics implies that inductive-loving Bayesians are opposed to deductive-loving frequentists, and timeseries analysis also shows in two "psychological" modes (the linear time domain and the whimsical frequency domain). These are more implied questions, obviously.
Insane having the “do you have any financial interests to disclose” as your first question 💀
Hey, sorry it sounds strange- it’s standard practice in medicine.
@@externalmedicinepodcasttotally understandable - thanks for not taking offence in my comment, which was a bit harsh
Why is it called ‘free energy’? It’s a peculiar term for the principle…
I’ve only dabbled in Karl Friston’s ideas so far, but I infer it to refer to the entropy within systems (biological systems, namely the brain in this case). I recall hearing Jordan Peterson’s conversation with Karl Friston (which is a podcast I highly recommend), and in that discussion they discussed the Free Energy Principle essentially is an organisms desire to reduce entropy and randomness in their environment, presumably to ensure survival. As the old saying goes “We fear what we do not know”.
Actually when I was a teenager I came up with the idea of elven shit, that smells and tastes very good and have magic properties.
Friston’s obviously not a fan of The Eagles then.