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Active Inference Insights

John Vervaeke ~ Active Inference Insights 003 ~ Relevance Realisation, Predictive Processing, Flow

Dec 21, 2023
In this episode, John Vervaeke and Darius Parvizi-Wayne discuss relevance realization, predictive processing, and flow states. They explore the function of consciousness, implications of radical enactivism, opponent processing, affordances, and the integration of philosophical lineages into active inference theory. The conversation also touches on social baseline theory, rock climbing, dynamic mutual coupling in affordances, and the role of narrative elements in cognitive processes.
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Quick takeaways

  • Relevance realization aids problem-solving by highlighting relevant information in a changing world.
  • Opponent processing involves conflicting subsystems that adaptively regulate our arousal levels.

Deep dives

Relevance realization and its importance in problem-solving

Relevance realization is the process by which our brain generates salience landscapes that make the right things stand out as relevant, allowing us to solve a wide variety of problems. It is the ability to zero in on relevant information in a complex and constantly changing world. Relevance realization is not a passive process but an active problem-solving mechanism. It is grounded in the anticipation of goals and the preparation for those goals. Our ability to anticipate deeper into the future exponentially exacerbates the demands of relevance realization. Solving the problem of relevance realization is crucial for our adaptability and problem-solving capabilities in a social and cognitive context.

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