WorldModels

Mind-Infrastructure

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Mind-Infrastructure

You simplify to think; the trap is when you forget the cut and treat it as law.
People pass on brain metaphors in short form (computer, prediction machine). Repeat the comparison and like turns into is: one small slice gets sold as the whole mind.
“How does the brain work?” The answer depends on what you need it for: a mechanism, reassurance, or a fundable story.

Mind-Infrastructure

Your brain is a prediction machine instead of a passive camera. It builds a best-guess model of the world and verifies it against sensory data.
“Reality” is the brain’s strongest guess, optimized to minimize prediction errors instead of showing objective truth.
Optical illusions are strong priors in action. They generate hallucinations whenever sensory data is noisy, ambiguous, or novel.
The Free Energy Principle explains this as one continuous loop: predict, compare, update, and repeat.