In my most recent article, I asked the question “Is Your Brain an Anarchist?”
I also promised a little more detail related to this curious concept…well, here is the next course in the multi-course dinner.
Remember, the chefs for the day are the extraordinary Karl Friston (Free Energy Principle) and Robin Carhart-Harris (Entropic Brain)…and their extravaganza meal…REBUS & the Anarchic Brain!
A little reminder – these brilliant individuals are at the leading edge of brain research and command a heap of respect.
Not everyone agrees with them 100% but their views are changing the landscape of brain/mind science with big implications in medicine and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
As before, I will do my best to serve up this next dish in “bite size” bullet point statements.
Please chew well before swallowing to savor the complex flavors.
a. You accept that you were wrong and “change your thinking”;
b. You stick with your prediction and act out to make the experience fit into your predictive expectation.
In conclusion, to answer the question posed in the title of this article – “Does Your Brain Like SURPRISES?” – the practical sober answer is constant surprises are not practical – not even healthy.
We need Order and Certainty and Reliability for sane, safe survival.
Yet we must also remain open and even appreciative of the surprises that come along in the process of exploration, discovery, adaptation and learning. Sometimes the square peg just doesn’t fit in the round hole.
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