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#673 Moshe Bar - Mindwandering; Mental Drift, Mood, and Creativity

The Dissenter

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Is It Inevitable That We Generate More Predictions?

We generate more predictions and more accurate predictions in domains that we have some knowledge. But also, our mind is not fixed, it's dynamic in the sense that we can be in different states with people or without them. Our state really dictates how we consume our environment and how we anticipate our environment. We even generate predictions when we have no knowledge, so I talked with some phone service company representative on the phone, and as it speaks, I imagine how it looks. There's absolutely no basis for this prediction, but nevertheless, we generate it.

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