Emergence can be studied from different angles. Here we adopt a view similar to Santa Fe Institute’s David Krakauer, where emergence corresponds to levels that carry out computations separately from the microscale, being akin to software in man-made systems youtu.be/JR93X7xK05o?t=…

Is consciousness an epiphenomenon? We discuss this topic here: youtube.com/watch?v=hggXZq…

Our new theory of consciousness reveals meditation, psychedelics, and the future of AI in a whole new light. Suggests meditation may boost the “general” nature of intelligence. ⚡️1/60⚡️

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Trends in Neurosciences When sensory input meets spontaneous brain activity cell.com/trends/neurosc…

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Happy to see this talk online! If you are interested in emergence, follow Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena — the only institute of its kind, fully focused on investigating emergent phenomena 🤩

🎉Welcome to our new followers! To see what we really do at DIEP, there is nothing better than to check our latest publications at d-iep.org/publications, and for the more curious ones, here is an appetizer...

'A Drive to Survive' is available for pre-order! mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551328/… And while it doesn't yet have a cover it does have some embarrassingly nice blurbs from @evantthompson and Andy Clark, two of the philosophers who most inspired its content.

Want to win your own set of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science? Tell us how SFI and complexity science have influenced your life and work. One lucky winner will be sent paperback copies of all four volumes. Entry: sfipress.org/foundational-p… Deadline: Feb. 16, 2025.

Simpler isn’t always better. Ockham’s razor — the idea that the simplest explanation is usually best — has shaped scientific decisions for centuries, but recent advances in machine learning and beyond challenge this assumption. A new paper in PNAS argues that by relying too much

I've read your paper on emergence (arxiv.org/abs/2410.15468) several times now Sean Carroll and was wondering how it fits with arxiv.org/abs/1908.10186 Have you seen this paper? How does downward causation & constraints (Alicia Juarrero) play a role in your views on emergence?

I'm starting a discussion group to explore how foundational ideas in complexity science can help us think about - and better explain - minds and brains (natural and artificial). Details and option to sign up: braininspired.co/complexity-gro…

Is teleology really obsolete? This special issue explores how goal-directedness remains crucial in biology, mind, and society—despite its exile from analytic philosophy. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #philosophy #teleology

Neural mechanisms of predictive processing: a collaborative community experiment through the OpenScope program. arxiv.org/abs/2504.09614

New blog post by Noumenal Labs: “WTF is the FEP? A short explainer on the free energy principle”: noumenal.ai/post/wtf-is-th… Really happy to share this one! We discuss the free energy principle: What it is, what it is not, what promise it holds, why it can be extremely useful, and

The premiere session of our new monthly Ask Me Anything series on the FEP, active inference, and Bayesian mechanics will be live-streamed on the new Noumenal Labs YouTube channel on May 30th at 12:30 PM EST and will feature special guest Karl Friston: youtube.com/@noumenal_labs

Article: "The Functional Anatomy of Nociception: Effective Connectivity in Chronic Pain and Placebo Response" Coauthors: Sanjeev Nara, Marwan N. Baliki, Dipanjan Ray biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Honored to have presented my research on Michael Levin's YouTube channel! youtu.be/boTAgdpme5s?si…