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What Is the "Free Energy Principle," Which Posits that the Brain Doesn't Simply Accept "Reality" as It Is, but Rather Constructs It Based on Predictions?

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There's a theory that what humans see and hear isn't reality itself, but rather the "most plausible explanation" constructed by the brain based on sensory input and prior knowledge. Artem Kirsanov, a neuroscience PhD student at Harvard University, explains the "free energy principle," which unifies the mechanism by which the brain generates perception, on his YouTube channel. Read more...
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There's a theory that what humans see and hear isn't reality itself, but rather the "most plausible explanation" constructed by the brain based on sensory input and prior knowledge. Artem Kirsanov, a neuroscience PhD student at Harvard University, explains the "free energy principle," which unifies the mechanism by which the brain generates perception, on his YouTube channel. Read more...

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GIGAZINE broke the news on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
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