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How Free Energy Constructs Our Reality | Michael Levin and Karl Friston

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

CHAPTER

The Interplay of Noise, Selfhood, and Patterns

This chapter explores the complex relationship between noise, prediction error, and self-organization in deterministic systems. It discusses how noise can provide insights into quantum mechanics and how individuals construct their identities through storytelling, influencing their interactions with past and future selves. The conversation further analyzes the dynamics of cognition, emphasizing the agency of patterns and the role of cultural environments in shaping selfhood and evolution.

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