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Karl Friston: The Most INTENSE Theory of Reality Explained

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Teleology vs. Bayesian Mechanics

  • Bayesian mechanics, free energy principle, quantum mechanics, and classical mechanics offer a teleology-free account of self-organization.
  • Survival of the fittest implies a teleological explanation (surviving because of fitness).
  • A non-teleological explanation is that those who survive appear as if they were fit.
  • The latter avoids implying a predetermined purpose.
  • Friston highlights the equivalence of Bayesian mechanics with Langevin, Fokker-Plank, and time-independent Schrodinger equations under different assumptions.
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