#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle

Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history,
cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain
imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the
fascinating idea of the free-energy principle for action and
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support it on Patreon. Here's the outline of the episode. On some
podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump
to that time. OUTLINE: 00:00 - Introduction 01:50 - How much of the
human brain do we understand? 05:53 - Most beautiful characteristic
of the human brain 10:43 - Brain imaging 20:38 - Deep structure
21:23 - History of brain imaging 32:31 - Neuralink and
brain-computer interfaces 43:05 - Free energy principle 1:24:29 -
Meaning of life